Thanks, Dan. I have seen more Chickadees this fall and winter and am feeling that they may be rebounding. It will be interesting to watch you numbers in the...
B&R Draeger
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Jan 1, 2005 3:00 pm
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The Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) will conduct a field trip out of Sturgis on Saturday, January 8, 2005. Interested persons should meet at the Sturgis ...
Feederwatch counting today, business is brisk, it is only about 15 in RC. Best find for 2005 so far, is the first Brown Creeper I have ever noted. I am...
We managed about 26 species of birds on the Aberdeen CBC, despite snow and light freezing drizzle. Highlights included a first-ever Hermit Thrush and 12...
Happy New Year to one and all. I suggest that we make 2005 one of the most interesting and informative in SDOU history. A simple way to accomplish this is...
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Jan 1, 2005 11:06 pm
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I banded the first Common Redpoll of the year today. In fact, it was the only one at the feeder and I caught it twice. dan -- Dan or Erika Tallman ...
Good idea. For example, at the end of the month I have to make a quick trip to Madison. It would be good to see what Jeff is seeing, even if what he is...
So what is everyone's first bird of 2005? Mine is a siskin--bodes well, 'coz i haven't seen one in months. Are Northern shrikes getting more common? I saw two...
anna k. ball
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Jan 1, 2005 11:53 pm
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First sightings of 2005 here in eastern Sioux Falls is a tie. Four female Cardinals and a little Brown Creeper were out at first light (which was about as...
mick
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Jan 2, 2005 12:30 am
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Mine is a Rock Pigeon--what can I say? dan ________________________________ From: anna k. ball [mailto:picapica@...] Sent: Sat 01-Jan-05 5:51 PM To: SD...
Red-breasted nuthatches x3, squabbling over who got breakfast first on my suet feeder. Cold, but sunny in Rapid City. __________________________________ Do you...
Happy New Year to All! I went out and filled my feeders and refilled the water in my bird bath around 11 am today. The birds were so hungry and thirsty for ...
Charlie and I set out on Friday to find a snowy owl. We figured that if four had been seen way out west in Butte County and Harding County, there should be a...
Doug Backlund
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Jan 2, 2005 2:42 am
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This morning, bright and early I had cardinals, Pine Siskins, Red-breasted Nuthatches, White-breasted Nuthatches, juncos, House Sparrows, House Finches,...
B&R Draeger
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Jan 2, 2005 5:19 am
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Well.. mine was a starling! But my 2nd was a red-breasted nuthatch... KC Jensen 702 11th Ave. Brookings, SD 57006 ... From: Tallman, Dan...
My first 05 bird was a Downy Woodpecker. Kenny & I started our new year lists. Some highlights of birds seen yesterday: Gyrfalocn (Gray adult, seen 6 miles...
Ricky D Olson
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Jan 2, 2005 2:13 pm
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My New Year's bird was an American Crow (in flight), but quickly followed by a beautiful male American Kestrel, also in flight. Doug Chapman Sioux Falls ...
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Jan 2, 2005 2:52 pm
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Mark Alt, president of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union, has prepared this summary of the extraordinary number of owls being seen in the northeastern part...
Jim Williams
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Jan 2, 2005 2:58 pm
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Our first was a dark-eyed (slate-colored) junco. But later in the morning we saw a Goshawk in our neighborhood (Pine Lake Hills, Sioux Falls). We also had a...
James E Vogelmann
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Jan 3, 2005 3:02 pm
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My first bird was a blue jay at my feeder, soon joined by a male red wing blackbird (one was at my feeder most of last winter), 2 white breasted nuthatch, many...
As Jen Fowler alluded to in an earlier email & Robb Schenck wrote an article about in Bird Notes a few years ago. If you bird a local area or county hard, you...
Ricky D Olson
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Jan 3, 2005 3:45 pm
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This is great! Several new reporters to the listserve in the past few days. Welcome. Keep it coming. dgprisbe "Every bird song, wind song, and tremendous...
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Jan 3, 2005 5:09 pm
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My first bird of the year was a white-wing junco. Eight yard birds for the day, in the following order. Junco - 40-50 with about one quarter being white-wings...
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Jan 3, 2005 5:09 pm
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It never ceases to amaze me, the serendipity of birding. Pat and i birded the exact same area (north of Belle Fourche on old hiway 85 and then down new hiway...
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Jan 3, 2005 5:09 pm
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Begin forwarded message: From: "MARTELL, Mark" <MMARTELL@...> Date: January 2, 2005 9:00:03 PM CST To: <mou-net@...> Subject: [mou] Out of...
Jim Williams
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Jan 3, 2005 5:38 pm
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Hi, we live 10 miles east of Dell Rapids in a rural area and had around 25-30 goldfinches at our two thistle feeders. Also a white-breasted nuthatch, 2 blue...
Nancy Dunn
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Jan 3, 2005 6:35 pm
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I have a question for the group--if you were to carry around with you a limited number of bird calls for birding purposes, which species would those be? You...
Happy 2005, The majority of Pactola Lake is frozen. STILL NO SNOW! Two Bald Eagles were hanging out hoping for a quick thaw. I had my first Brown Creepers of...
We journeyed N of Belle Fourche to old highway 85 today looking for the Snow Buntings. Raptors were everywhere, but the mix seems to change daily. Today we...
