The Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) will have its first meeting for Fall 2007 on Thursday October 4th. The meeting location is at the Meade County Extension...
Hi, Under the heading of "Always Be Very Nice To Everyone, 'Cause You Never Know Who Knows Who in This World" The woman who owns the soybean field and the...
Location: 210 Bird Circle <http://mavandjen.blogspot.com/2007/07/one-more-morning-celebration.html\ ... I love the way they announce their presence! [Non-text...
Waterfowl Estimates for Sand Lake NWR - 10/3/2007 Canada Geese - 800 Snow Geese - 0 Ducks - 26,000 Swans - 10 There was little change in waterfowl numbers on...
We noticed six hawks between Spearfish and our home South of Whitewood last evening, so we went out again the morning. On a loop via backroads to St. Onge and...
Sandhill Cranes were heard near Victoria Lake south of Rapid City.this morning at 11:00 a.m. Jocelyn Lee Baker, Rapid City...
Jocelyn Baker
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Oct 4, 2007 8:27 pm
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Wed. I went on Inya Kara Rd. to see if I could find the Smith's Longspur we found last year with Lapland Longs. and Horn Larks. I did not find any Longspurs...
Jean
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Oct 5, 2007 11:35 pm
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On Friday, Oct. 5, at noon, my wife and I went for a hike up M Hill in Rapid City. We were at a parking lot at the end of Mtn. View Rd, near Rapid Creek, when...
m. melius
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Oct 6, 2007 1:52 pm
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Busy feeders /birdbath in the fog. Seen so far by 10 am catbird wc sparrow downy hairy chickadee rb nuthatch wb nuthatch house finch siskins blue jays 3 (one...
I've written previously about looking for migrating hawks from Skyline Drive and other "hogback ridge" sites in Rapid City. I should add that it's not...
m. melius
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Oct 6, 2007 5:04 pm
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A number of Osprey are hanging out around Lake Yankton and below Gavins Point Dam. Thursday night kayaking in the channel on the east side of L Yankton Mary...
The Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) will conduct a field trip out of Sundance, WY to Keyhole Dam near Moorcroft, WY on Saturday October 13. Participants will...
Pair of winter plumaged pied billed grebes in small pond at intersection of Catron Blvd. and 5th Street, this morning. Wary of onlookers. Several mallards and ...
We have a late Brown Thrasher at our feeders. Arrived yesterday. We also had a pair of Golden Eagles just East of Whitewood, SD Sunday afternoon. Vic/Donna...
The information for the upcoming SDOU Spring Meeting is now available on the SDOU web site and is copied below as well. The SDOU Spring Meeting will be held at...
Palmer, Jeff
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Oct 9, 2007 7:37 pm
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A Saturday trip to Sica Hollow, near Sisseton, Sand Lake, and Aberdeen, offered the following: At Sica Hollow: A group of 20 E. Bluebirds, 3 RT Hawks, Downy...
mick
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Oct 9, 2007 11:38 pm
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what a beautiful day it is. Sunny warm and no wind. Today at Keyhole I found still 100s of Pelicans, cormorants, Gulls. I was able to identify Herring,...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Oct 9, 2007 11:38 pm
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Waterfowl Estimates for Sand Lake NWR - 10/10/2007 Canada Geese - 1200 Snow Geese - 20 Ducks - 38,000 Swans - 230 There has been some movement of waterfowl...
The Pierre fall meeting was a great one! There were interesting and informative papers presented by a number of people including: Dave Swanson, Ricky Olson,...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Oct 10, 2007 7:06 pm
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We are considering a trip north to see if we can find a Gyrfalcon. South Dakota seems to have a reputation for having the most sightings in the contiguous...
The sparrows have finally arrived at my house. 4 White-crowned, 1 White-throat, 1 song, 2 Harris, 1 Lincoln, and 1 White W. Junco. Anice relief from the 20...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Oct 10, 2007 11:37 pm
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I forgot to add to my earlier post that i saw a hen turkey today with 3 downy chicks. there may have been more little ones but i did not want to upset her any...
Jean
jgwindsong@...
Oct 11, 2007 1:20 am
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For the record the South Dakota Rare Bird Records Committee is seeking information on the following sightings: Prairie Warbler at Newton Hills State Park and...
Palmer, Jeff
Jeff.Palmer@...
Oct 11, 2007 3:17 pm
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FYI - KC K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences SPB 138D, Box 2140B South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 (605)688-4781...
The scheduled field trip on Oct. 13 gave up 49 species, Mostly west of Sioux Falls. A few photos at our web site at www.leifericson.org/sfbc Mick SFBC ...
mick
zerrm@...
Oct 14, 2007 2:22 am
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I birded the Springfield, SD and Niobrara, NE area today. Mostly car birding becuase of the rain. The highlight of the day was an immature Black-crowned Night...
Hello All, The bald eagles have returned to Pactola Lake, Pennington County. My husband called to say there are three adults roosting in the NW corner of the...
Twelve members and one guest participated in the 10-13-07 field trip to Keyhole Dam, Wyoming. It was a cool cloudy day, but no rain or snow like two years...
We were returning from the NHBC trip to Keyhole Dam in Wyoming when we spotted a large all white raptor. By the time we got the camper stopped, the bird had...
Christmas bird count dates for Sturgis and Piedmont were selected at the October 4, 2007 meeting of the Northern Hills Bird Club . The Sturgis Christmas Bird...