Hope everyone is keeping warm. The 650 Graycrown Rosy finches are back in force. Last week had only 10 to 50 at the feeders. Also 7 Pine siskins. A merlin...
Jean
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Feb 3, 2007 1:46 am
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AP has a complete article on the link below. These birds were raised from chicks to their first migration (led by ultralight aircraft) at Necedah NWR near...
An exciting find near the Pickerel Lake (Day Co. SD) feeders today Saturday February 3 at 3:30pm. My son was letting in the dog and almost stepped on a small...
Dennis & Lori Skadsen
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Feb 3, 2007 11:19 pm
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We now know it is a Merlin after the Gray-crowns at my feeder. He had his breakfast on our wagon this morning. Yesterday we went out to Antelope Creek Road...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Feb 4, 2007 7:23 pm
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Hi All, I returned from Mexico in time for the coldest weather here it seems, but our trip there took us to cold temps, too. Snow in the mountains and cold fog...
douglas chapman
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Feb 5, 2007 2:31 pm
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NHBC Field Trip - Saturday, February 10 The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a field trip out of Spearfish on Saturday, February 10. Participants will...
I just wanted to say thank you to all of the observers who reported 4416 sightings to the on-line database during the Fall 2006 season! The database now...
Palmer, Jeff
Jeff.Palmer@...
Feb 6, 2007 9:10 pm
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Saw a mature bald eagle tonight about five miles west of Volga in Brookings County....
Hello everyone, Some folks have been wondering where I have been lately. Well, this is where I will be tomorrow night! I will be at the Norbeck Society ...
On February 7 at 3:30 p.m., Todd Jensen and I observed the Snowy Owl which was observed for the first time on January 8 on Antelope Creek Road east of Rapid...
Jocelyn Baker
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Feb 8, 2007 2:23 am
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I took this at Deer Mountain, SD in August 2005. No sound, but you get to see this male beauty. _____ From: YouTube Service [mailto:service@...] Sent:...
YouTube Broadcast Yourself™ sharidck wants to share a video with you HYPERLINK "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHODWIwiklA" Video Description I took a video...
I took a birding swing though parts of Day and Roberts counties today (2/9) and found just enough to keep it somewhat interesting. At the west recreation area...
Mark Otnes
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Feb 9, 2007 9:22 pm
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Sioux Falls Feeder activity today: 1 -Red-bellied WP. One male and one female Hairy WP., 3 Downy WP, Two WB Nuthatches, One RIB Nuthatch, Two Crows, 4 A....
mick
zerrm@...
Feb 10, 2007 10:34 pm
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Correction on the message sent earlier today. The spell check auto-changed SFBC to SIB, and RBN to RIB, even after I caught it the first time. It is the Sioux...
mick
zerrm@...
Feb 11, 2007 12:29 am
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9 members saw 30 species of birds on this field trip. Weather ended up being a balmy 33o and sunny with no wind. Highlights : good looks at a Great Horn Owl...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Feb 11, 2007 1:26 am
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I had the 1st redpolls of the year show up at my feeders today (2.10/07), 3.25 miles west of Volga on Hwy 14. There are also about 100 - 150 american...
My feeders have sure been busy the last couple of weeks. Every day, the Goldfinches clean out the thistle seed, I was able to count 62 on the deck at one...
Today Scott and I saw an adult gyrfalcon <http://www.gdik.com/gyrfalcon.htm> along US 212 near Orman Dam. This is a first for us this far west of the...
Elizabeth Krueger
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Feb 11, 2007 11:26 pm
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There's a first-winter White-crowned Sparrow that's been hanging out in Palisades State Park all winter. Somebody has been putting out seeds and suet all...
This weekend (Friday-Monday) is the 2007 Great Backyard Bird Count. Last year South Dakota birders reported a record 75 bird species during the count. Can you...
Awesome photos of Goshawk, Bob and Sue. The Merlin was after my finches 3 times today. The last time he came right at me as I stood in front of mykitchen...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Feb 14, 2007 12:21 am
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There are still about 28 Herring Gulls & 1 Ring-billed Gull around. Other birds of note seen in last week: Snowy Owls,Eastern Bluebird, Common Redpoll (1),...
Thanks to President Doug for a fun winter meeting of the SFBC. Some of you were interested in the SDOU mapping site. With it you can access a map for any...
mick
zerrm@...
Feb 16, 2007 4:53 am
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Birders might find this info interesting. The sources listed below have a ton of neat info on how to get kids interested in nature. Many of the programs...
mick
zerrm@...
Feb 17, 2007 2:29 am
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The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a field trip in Rapid City and vicinity on Saturday, February 24. Participants will meet at the west side McDonalds,...