!! Please note that the February meeting is one week later than usual. (I'll send a reminder about a week from now.) NHBC Meeting - Thursday, February 14 The...
Along La Framboise Causeway today were a Iceland, an imm. Glaucous , 2 Thayer's, Herring, Ring-billed and a winter adult California Gull. Sharing is half the...
NHBC Field Trip - Saturday, February 9 The Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) will conduct a field trip out of Spearfish on Saturday, February 9. Participants...
For the first time in a long time we have Red Crossbills at our feeders. Not very many of them, but maybe more will show up. We are 2 miles East of Custer....
Today, I checked out birding sites close to Sioux Falls to the south and east. The following results: Lake Alvin SRA- one crow Klondike Sioux River Access...
mick
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Feb 3, 2008 1:18 am
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I found this Long-eared Owl today 11 miles west of Warner. I got a picture of him making a pellet. Or at least hacking one up. ...
I saw a bald eagle yesterday three north and one east of Carthage. It was hanging around a large flock of pheasants. I saw one last year near the same place at...
I apologize if this is just a matter of seasonal plumage; however, I thought it odd for this time of year. Below are links to a bird I saw near Gavins Pt ...
There was a Rough-legged Hawk on 585 from my house and a Ad. Bald Eagle fly over on I90 on my trip to Cox Lake. At the lake was Canada Geese, 1 Merlin and 1...
Jean
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Feb 4, 2008 2:43 am
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There are a couple of saw-whets in Billy Goat Jump that are quite easy to find, at least they have been for the last three days, since I first located them....
The grass is not always greener. I checked Big Bend & FT Randall Dams for gulls yesterday. I did not find ANY gulls. Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky...
the third time is a charm, as i was finally able to confirm the presence of long eared owls at mcnenny fish hatchery in northwestern lawrence county. in two...
the third time is a charm, as i was finally able to confirm the presence of long eared owls at mcnenny fish hatchery in northwestern lawrence county. in two...
A quick Sunday afternoon swing by Arrowhead Park just east of Sioux Falls found the usual thousands of Canada Geese and Mallards.No other wild species except a...
mick
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Feb 4, 2008 11:58 pm
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I got a fleeting look at 1 of the Short earred Owls reported by George Phrisbe. The Shelter belt also had B. Waxwings, 1 Solitaire and 1 N. Harrier. On the...
Jean
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Feb 6, 2008 1:02 am
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The Iceland & Thayer"s were present today. Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky D. Olson Fort Pierre, SD...
Yesterday I saw a Long-earred Owl not a Short-earred. George's name is spelled Prisbe. I knew that but tired is as tired was. jGene, Sundance, Wy. Opps...
Jean
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Feb 6, 2008 11:30 pm
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Today 4 Thayer's (2A, 2 Imm.), 1 Imm. Glaucous, 1 California, Herring & Ring-billed Gulls were present. Yesterday the Iceland was present. Sharing is half the...
On Sunday Feb. 10, 08 On PBS program on plight of red knots and horseshoe crabs is on Television. The Red Knot population has declined very significantly the...
Todd Jensen
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Feb 8, 2008 2:21 am
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<> Please note that the February meeting is one week later than usual. NHBC Meeting - Thursday, February 14 The Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) will meet on...
I meant to say the Red Knots may be heading towards extinction. The program will be on Nature on PBS. Todd [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Todd Jensen
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Feb 9, 2008 3:13 am
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Eleven members and guests participated in the Northern Hills Bird Club field trip of February 9 out of Spearfish, SD. Temperatures hovered around zero with...
Birding Yankton area Saturday, 2/9/08 Pete and Jan Johnson's backyard on the Missouri River- Trumpeter Swan with square orange tag #373 on the left wing,...
Todd Jensen and I had the pleasure of taking Eric Davis on a -25 below wind chill birding drive around Sioux Falls today. Eric will never complain about the...
mick
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Feb 10, 2008 11:51 pm
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I went on an owl prowl today and found the two saw-whets at Billy Goat Jump and roosts of a third saw-whet on the other side Hwy. 1806. The two saw-whets at...
I received this from a North Dakota Birding List and thought some may be interested in an early May Birding Retreat in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota. ...
From Sundance to Beulah, Wy. we found 7 rough-legged Hawks on I 90. At the McNenny turnoff, Paul Miller's Res. in S.D. there were Canada Geese, Mallards, 5...
Jean
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Feb 13, 2008 4:43 am
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All the previously reported gulls have been here this week. There was a male Red-breasted Merganser with the Commons along LaFramboise Causeway today. Sharing...
Participate in Cornell Lab's Great Backyard Bird Count and put your town and your backyard birds on the MAP!! See the map at www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ Rosemary...
Today, with the temp at 4 and wind chill at 15 below, I drove to Ellis to get some birdseed, and found a cold feathered fellow who probably wishes he had...