The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a field trip out of Sturgis on Saturday, July 8. Participants will meet at McDonald's in Sturgis at 7:30 AM; the trip...
That's right, there is a White-crowned Sparrow in my yard right now. I heard it singing earlier, and racked my brain trying to identify the song. Just now I...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Jul 1, 2006 4:42 pm
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Took a nice early morning walk in the bighorn sheep management area southwest of Rapid City off Sheridan Lake Rd. Everything was wet and fresh from the night...
Clawges, Rick M.
Rick.Clawges@...
Jul 1, 2006 9:19 pm
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Here's Michael's amazingly late (or early or lost?) White-crowned Sparrow: http://www.wildphotosphotography.com/WildPhotos/BIRDS/wcsp.htm Doug Backlund Pierre,...
Doug Backlund
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Jul 1, 2006 10:01 pm
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I had to go to Hartford, so decided to drive by Dewey Gevik Outdoor Conservation Learning Area, 10 minutes west of Sioux Falls. If you live in the city, nature...
mick
zerrm@...
Jul 2, 2006 4:46 am
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Black backed woodpeckers in the Ricco burn up the hill from me. Pinyon Jays haven't been coming to my house but I do hear them in the evening--dusk-ish, and...
Took a walk today through the Big Sioux Rec. Area (Brandon). A productive day highlighted by a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher unexpectedly popping his head out of some...
After many hours of effort, I finally located a Northern Mockingbird nest this morning in Stanley County. I also found a Blue Grosbeak nest, and had a singing...
Hello All... I have also found that Common Nighthawk numbers have decreased. I usually see and hear them all day over the forest at my house. I have heard...
I went to Atkins Slough (just west of Tea) this afternoon to try and get a Marsh Wren photo. I was going to just hang low on the boardwalk area and wait for a...
I think that the nighthawk numbers up here are actually up. (Southwest of Eagle Butte and south of Dupree). They used to be fairly common here, but I had not...
Yesterday, July 4, I observed Dickcissels in many locations east of Rapid City. It has been several years since that species has been present in that area....
Jocelyn Baker
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Jul 5, 2006 2:15 pm
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Thanks to all who helped with suggestions for the trip around SD and environs for my guests from California. I thought the time of year would make most birds a...
foodrev@...
Jul 5, 2006 2:17 pm
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After reading Terry Sohl's encounter w/Virginia Rail, I should mention that at Bear Butte Lake this last weekend, we also saw Virginia Rail (2) scurrying back...
foodrev@...
Jul 5, 2006 2:32 pm
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I also have noticed many more dickcissels this year. I have them breeding in the pasture next to my place, they are sitting on my barn singing each morning,...
I'm sorry to have to shock y'all twice in one week like this. I'm at my Dad's farm near Faulkton, where I've just seen and heard a Carolina Wren. It's in our...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Jul 5, 2006 5:26 pm
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It is certainly not too early to begin entering your summer season bird observations into the online database located at ...
Palmer, Jeff
Jeff.Palmer@...
Jul 5, 2006 7:50 pm
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There are Blackbacks in the burn areas on Moskee. We saw 3 in one area and Lazuli Bunting, Macgillivay's warblers, Hairy Wp., and flickers. We also saw the...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Jul 6, 2006 12:10 am
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I saw and heard the Carolina Wren again this afternoon. I still haven't had a good look at the throat. But the rich reddish-brown of back and tail stand out,...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Jul 6, 2006 4:16 am
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If barn owls can dig nest burrows, how many barn owls can fit in one burrow? http://www.wildphotosphotography.com/WildPhotos/BIRDS/barn%20owls2.htm Doug...
Doug Backlund
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Jul 6, 2006 5:19 am
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Beautiful day for a hike. Birds seen 1 Aud. Warbler, 4 Townsends Sol., 2 chip. Sparrows, 2 robins,3 Warbling Vieos, and 1 Red-nap. Saps. and 1 Swainson Thrush...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Jul 7, 2006 2:31 am
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My family and I recently returned from a delightful month-long vacation / road trip to the West Coast and points in-between. The kids were patient enough to...
Brian Kringen
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Jul 7, 2006 4:06 pm
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I saw a Snow Goose east of Faulkton on July 7. In soybeans. I was with my cousin Roger Melius at the time. It flew away as soon as we stopped on the road, and...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Jul 9, 2006 5:15 am
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The below Whooping Crane Report from Tom Stehn, Whooping Crane Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was posted on the ND-Birds List Dick Kappedal Sioux...
Yesterday, Kenny Miller & I saw a WW Dove in the same area of Huron SD that was reported by Dan Tallman last year. My guess is that it wintered with the EC...
It gives me great pleasure to report that the Scatterwood Lakes in NE Faulk County are drying up and coming back to life. They are ringed by mudflats, and...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Jul 9, 2006 4:12 pm
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Unfortunately, summer sightings of snow and Ross' geese are becoming more and more common, especially in eastern SD. These are no doubt birds that have been...
I have had an almost white Ringed Turtle Dove coming to my feeder with an EC Dove the last 2 weeks. (Origin unknown) Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky...
Sorry to say the photo of the Grasshopper sparrow from Saturday's SFBC field trip did not turn out. It was a wee far . The field trip was interesting, but it...
mick
zerrm@...
Jul 10, 2006 8:55 pm
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On a trip from 585 to Moskee, to Grand Canyon, to Wagon Canyon we stopped counting Dickcissels at twenty and Red-napped Sapsuckers at 15. Years ago there were...
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