Hello Randy and All... My female Rufous are not early, but I see my males as being late due to their absence during the second week this July, and are still ...
This is an update to Ricky Olson's comments awhile back on red-necked grebes in NE SD. SD is at the extreme southern end of their breeding range. This summer,...
Friends, Heads up. I have just made my reservation for the Fall SDOU meeting Oct 20-22 in Pierre. Some hotels are already full. The Days Inn is half full for...
B&R Draeger
draeger@...
Aug 3, 2006 7:39 pm
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I was at Jolly Lane Greenhouse (Rapid City) getting some replacement annuals for drought tired garden. If you are doing the same, be sure to visit their new ...
Yes - I am sure the motels are very full - this is the opening of pheasant season - always the third Saturday of October! The area around Pierre is...
Sue Callahan
angels@...
Aug 3, 2006 10:59 pm
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Our Private Lands Biologist took some pictures of some burrowing owls in Miner Co. This week. T-106, R 57, Sec 23 SW 1/4. I am sorry, but I am not attempting...
Kyle_Kelsey@...
Aug 4, 2006 1:23 pm
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Last evening on break at work I observed a bird copulating with a Eurasian Collared Dove on top of a light pole. At first I thought the bird was a Rock Pigeon,...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation (385 to 4) that will make it easier for waterfowl hunters to purchase a Federal Duck Stamp. The Senate...
It was decided at the August 3 meeting that the Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) will not conduct field trips in August. The next trip, which will be...
Well my nephew and brother talked me into going back to the Black Hills this last week so here are some pictures from the way up and at the hills. We had to...
Among birds observed east of Rapid City in Pennington County this morning, August 6, were the following: Burrowing Owl, Red-headed Woodpecker, Willow...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Aug 6, 2006 11:09 pm
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After further study with a spotting scope and the internet I am convinced that the bird I've seen mounting & copulating with a Eurasian Collared Dove is a Rock...
There was a juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at Leland Lake--248th St. and the Minnehaha/McCook Co. line--this morning. I watched it (scope views) with a group...
foodrev@...
Aug 7, 2006 2:29 pm
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If you have not done so already please submit your Summer Season observations to the online database immediately if not sooner! I am very close to beginning...
Palmer, Jeff
Jeff.Palmer@...
Aug 7, 2006 7:59 pm
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Looked all over the vicinity (10 miles in each direction) from 2 PM to 6:30 for the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper seen earlier today at Island Lake (don't know why my...
foodrev@...
Aug 8, 2006 1:32 am
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Some early movements of birds: Yesterday we saw lark sparrows and chestnut-collared longspurs in places where they haven't been all summer, specifically the...
Doug Backlund
dougback@...
Aug 8, 2006 2:31 am
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Hello All... Someone recently asked me if my osprey research is boring, well I said no, and definately not today! At 6:20 am this morning, I had an adult male...
I saw a ST Sandpiper at Twin Dams west of emergency spillway on Hwy 1806 today. It was a juvenille with rufous cap, orange/yellow breast and what was...
Today we took a trip down to our cabin on the river just south of Gayville, heres a list of some birds I found: Northern Waterthrush (1) Yellow Warblers...
After some agonizing identification, I've decided that these photographs are of a Snowy Egret http://www.northern.edu/tallmand/egret/egret.html The toes are...
10 miles east of Dell Rapids: This week at our feeders: Immature red-headed woodpeckers Immature male rose-breasted grosbeak Immature male ruby-throated...
On the 8th of August, I reported seeing a Northern waterthrush, mainly on the range for the species, and my first impression of the bird. Upon my return to the...
I have been asked by Lon Carrier at Bear Butte State Park to make the following announcement. There will be a guided bird watching field trip at Bear Butte...
Saturday Isaw calliope, Rufous & Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in Hill City SD. Yesterday in Sully County. The Lesser Black-backed Gull was still near Stone Lake....
Today, August 14, while hiking in the Harney Peak/Little Devil's Tower area of the Black Hills, I heard Clark's Nutcrackers and observed a Gray Jay. There...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Aug 15, 2006 5:07 am
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Hummer visiting feeder on deck several times daily since 8/1/06. There may be more than one, but only see one at a time. Id still not positive, it is obviously...
If anyone is looking to find the elusive and wandering Gray Jays of the Black Hills, I have a pretty reliable location. This morning I drove Spring Creek Rd...
The director of Leif Ericson just returned from Costa Rica, where he went on a birding expedition and they saw this rare Ornately Crested Eagle....
mick
zerrm@...
Aug 16, 2006 4:20 am
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First I'll put up the not so great pictures of the Black-bellied Plover I got with Dan at Sand Lake on Monday. I hope to get a lot closer this week sometime....
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