Made a trip out to the Red Lake Area after work today and saw the following FOY species: Great Egret Cattle Egret American Avocet Willet Hudsonian Godwit ...
SW of Rapid City April 30 arrivals: chipping sparrows and tree swallows at our house, western kingbird on Lower Spring Creek Rd east of HWY 79. Caroline...
We traveled from Whitewood to Pierre Tuesday then back via Gettysburg and US 212 today. Had two FOY Upland Sandpipers along Highway 34 Tuesday enroute to...
Rick and I banded a Northern Parula today at Fisherman Point, below Oahe Dam, in Stanley County. . There were three palm warblers in the bushes along the road...
Doug Backlund
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May 3, 2007 5:56 pm
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This morning, at the Sioux Falls feeders, our first Baltimore Oriole of the season. He had a choice of grape jelly, orange slices, or apple juice. He picked...
mick
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May 3, 2007 11:03 pm
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Sometime during the last few days the wintering juncos disappeared from my back yard. A Red-breasted Nuthatch persists, and a White-throated Sparrow and...
B&R Draeger
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May 3, 2007 11:41 pm
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Todays FOY birds Commom Yellowthroat,Common Tern, & Western Kingbird. There were 19 Caspian Terns on LaFramboise Sandbar. Sharing is half the fun of birding. ...
For those who knew Paul. K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences SPB 138D, Box 2140B South Dakota State University Brookings, SD...
We observed a FOY Black and White Warbler on Crook Mountain Rd today South of Whitewood. There was also a Townsend's Solitaire. Vic/Donna Fondy 605-269-2553 ...
With rain most of the day, the SF feeders were busy with Chipping Sparrows, M. Doves, Goldfinches, WB Nuthatch, Downys, Robins, Chickadees, and Cardinals....
mick
zerrm@...
May 5, 2007 3:24 am
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Do any of you have favorite web sites for birds? I had once found a site for the sounds of the birds. Having troubles finding it. thanks....
Chimney swifts have returned to tall brick chimney at MG Oil on corner of West Blvd and West Main, seen flying Friday afternoon. Also watched Common Merganser...
Do you guys in the Black Hills check your dark swifts to see if they are Vaux's or even black swifts? I'm sure the nesters are chimney swifts, but what about...
Mark Otnes
markotnes@...
May 5, 2007 5:29 pm
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We had our FOY chimney swifts in Brookings yesterday too - saw them on my ornithology final cruising over McCrory Gardens! K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of...
5/5/07 Saturday pm Found a scolding and very soggy house wren skulking in the vines on our chimney this afternoon. Checking the rain gauge at the time, 0.8" so...
Check Terry Sohl's site (http://sdakotabirds.com), he has all kinds of info, his gorgeous photographs and many helpful links, including ones that include songs...
A great site is Birds of North America Online, offered by subscription by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/ Rosemary Draeger Sioux...
B&R Draeger
draeger@...
May 5, 2007 11:35 pm
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Linda Johnson and I birded along the flooded Skunk Creek north of Sioux Falls today in blustery, sometimes rainy weather. A Peregrine Falcon landed in a tree...
B&R Draeger
draeger@...
May 5, 2007 11:49 pm
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I am sorry to say that I have over 100 cowbirds at my feeders. About 5 redwing Blackbirds, 3 yellow-headed blackbirds and 3 Horn Larks are also here. Jean,...
Jean
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May 6, 2007 12:40 am
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Apparently the birds I thought had gone north are still around. Today, at the windy feeders (gust to 55 mph) some WT Sparrows and Harris' Sparrows showed up....
mick
zerrm@...
May 6, 2007 5:00 am
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Clay-colored Sparrows and Yellow Warblers are back in Pactola Basin (below the dam) This is also the fourth year in a row that a Krider's Red-tailed Hawk has...
Yellow warbler this morning foraging in blooming cherry tree in yard. On trip to Jolly Lane Greenhouse yesterday saw flock of gulls over Rapid Creek heading...
Happy spring to all! I am still ecstatic over the recent rain, which was so sorely needed here in West River. I don't think it has been this green since last...
My apologies to those in the Eastern part of South Dakota - you have had more rain and snow in the past few months to last for quite a while. But those of us...
Sue Callahan
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May 6, 2007 10:41 pm
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Some of the species observed this morning in Rapid City and east were: Upland Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Wilson's Phalarope, Burrowing Owl, Western Kingbird,...
Jocelyn Baker
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May 6, 2007 11:34 pm
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This morning I saw a FOY female Ruby-throated Hummingbird at my feeder. Other FOY birds seen/heard around Pickstown this afternoon were Eastern Kingbird,...
Today Mick Zerr and I went out to Great Bear and Beaver Creek Rec Area and found the following interesting species (mostly along the roads): Northern...
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