The Northern Hills Bird Club will meet on Thursday, September 7 at 6:00 PM at Woodle Park in Sturgis. Attendees should bring their own supper. Anyone ...
We are enjoying our best fall ever in the area for fall migrants. I have seen more Canada Warblers & Philadelphia Vireos in the last 2 weeks than in the last...
Standing in the garden center of RC Walmart last night about sundown, lights were on inside. Several birds hawking insects attracted to lights inside the area...
The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a half-day field trip out of Sturgis on Saturday, September 9. Participants will meet at McDonald's in Sturgis at...
I had a half hour to spear and decided to see what was left in the burn area off Moskee Rd. LOts of robins, Kestrel, Bl-Back woodpecker, Hairy woodpecker,Ruby...
Jean
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Sep 3, 2006 2:43 am
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Can birding be done at 60 mph? Today I found out that highway birding is frustrating (you can't stop, or even slow down), but surprisingly productive. A run...
mick
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Sep 4, 2006 5:01 am
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Hi all, Mike Donahue of pelagic bird trip off Westport, Washington, fame has asked me (and others) if anyone has any Chimney Swift nests he can have for a...
douglas chapman
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Sep 4, 2006 1:37 pm
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Doug et al.--collecting nests, even old ones, requires federal and state permits. dan ... From: sd-birds@yahoogroups.com on behalf of douglas chapman Sent:...
Yesterday at cook Lake in Wy. Bl. Hills we found 10 Com. Megansers, 2 Red Tails, 1 Turkey Vul., 1 Red Shafted Flicker, Hairy Wp., Ruby C. KInglets, Blue J.,...
Jean
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Sep 4, 2006 10:47 pm
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Charlie and I spent the Labor Day weekend in the North Cave Hills. The weather was perfect and it was great going waking up each morning to calling poorwills....
Doug Backlund
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Sep 5, 2006 2:53 am
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I revisited the Burn area today to see if I could finally make it to the top. The road to Moskee only had a handful or birds today which helped. A few Mt....
Jean
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Sep 5, 2006 11:54 pm
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Today I was heading out on south sertoma in Sioux Falls, which is on the west edge of Sioux Falls and I looked up and saw about 40 or so huge birds in a big...
We still need 2 to 4 more papers to fill up the paper sessions for the SDOU fall meeting. Let me know soon if anyone has something they'd like to present. So...
doug.backlund@...
Sep 8, 2006 6:45 pm
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Today I found a female whip-poor-will in one of the little ash draws at Little Bend in Sully County. These little stands of ash never have a lot of birds but...
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Sep 9, 2006 8:11 pm
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Once again, the Sprague's pipits are back at the prairie dog colony southwest of Richland Dam, Fort Pierre National Grassland. This site regularly has...
Doug Backlund
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Sep 9, 2006 10:49 pm
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A few miles outside of Spearfish, at my house, I saw the following birds today either at feeders or in the trees: three yellow-bellied sapsuckers, at least one...
We had THREE juv. Sabine's Gulls this afternoon below the Power Plant (Nebraska side) of Gavin's Pt. Dam. Mark A. Brogie 508 Seeley, Box 316 Creighton, NE...
I had a great day birding today. There was a male adult Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 7 miles east & 4 south of Agar SD. At Big Bend Dam there was a winter adult...
Banding has been pretty good at Fisherman Point, over the last week we have caught lots of Swainson's thrush, catbirds, and thrashers. Others species include...
doug.backlund@...
Sep 12, 2006 7:15 pm
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As SDOU President, I thought I should give you a Bird Notes update. As many of you are aware, the June and now the September issues of Bird Notes are late....
The Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) conducted a 4 hour field trip North and East of Sturgis on Saturday Sept 9, 2006. Thirty-nine species were observed....
We returned from Alaska on 9/10. We turn off the recorder when we leave, but a power outage occurred and the recorder was turned on by default when the power...
We birded with Bud/Alice Shaykett today from Whitewood-Nisland-Orman Dam-St. Onge and back to Whitewood. Fifty-three species were observed. Nisland has a new...
A brightly colored adult male Green Violet Ear was discovered visiting a feeder at 2024 W. 18th St. in Sioux City, IA. Lil Owens, of that address, noticed the...
The Little Gull was stii at Big Bend Dam today. Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky D. Olson Fort Pierre SD tatanka40@... [Non-text portions of...
I birded Day County yesterday (9/14) and didn't find too much for woodland birds. There was a fair sized flock at Waubay NWR that consisted of mostly ...
Mark Otnes
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Sep 15, 2006 9:46 pm
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Hi aLl, Three of us went down to see the little gem that is gracing Sioux City. The Owens' could not have been more gracious. Nor more sincere turning down my...
douglas chapman
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Sep 15, 2006 11:16 pm
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Hi to all, The Sioux Falls Bird Club conducted it's September field trip today. The group of 6 went out to western/northern Minnehaha County for wetlands...
douglas chapman
foodrev@...
Sep 16, 2006 6:31 pm
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This morning I saw two Sprague's pipits on the Fort Pierre National Grassland. There was one dark phase ferruginous hawk on a small prairie dog town. If...
Doug Backlund
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Sep 17, 2006 9:51 pm
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We traveled from Whitewood to Gettysburg, SD on 9/15 with en route stops. Bear Butte Lake is completely dry and had no water birds or shorebirds whatsoever....