Nov 28th Minnehaha County Wall Lake !,000 mallards plus or minus in a strip of open water 1 pintail 1 widgeon 1 gadwell 1 black duck??? McCook County Lake...
Tom Parliman
tparliman@...
Dec 1, 2008 2:56 pm
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I had a adult female White-winged Crossbill at my feeder yesterday afternoon. Sharing is half the fun of birding RICKY D. OLSON FORT PIERRE SD [Non-text...
For the first time ever we had Ring-necked Pheasants(2 males)on the side of the road a little way from our house.(Eat your heart out Verna) Just south of town...
My pickups in the shop so doing limited birding. Many Common Mergansers showed up this week. Many gulls around but only 3 species - Herring, Bonaparte's and...
Listened to courting pair of Great Horned Owls in backyard about 2am today (WED). Typical hooting of male and "barking call" of female as described by Sibley....
I've been to the Cheyenne River in NE Custer Co. 3 times since Nov. 17, and each time I've seen quite a few eagles. As many as 5 or 6, either all Goldens or...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Dec 4, 2008 2:09 am
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I was out running the dogs today and bumped into a snowy owl. It was at the Weisensee GPA (the DeJong Addition) near Humboldt. I saw it at 2:30 and 4 in the...
Yesterday the Lesser Black-backed Gull and many gulls were in the Oahe Tailrace area. Today I had a Common Redpoll at my feeders. Sharing is half the fun of...
I went out west of Sioux Falls to the spot where Joe Spoo found the Snowy Owl yesterday afternoon. NO luck with the owl, but I did get Northern Shrike, Snow...
There was a Mew Gull at the tailrace today. Sharing is half the fun of birding RICKY D. OLSON FORT PIERRE SD [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Nancy Hilding to others, BHSU Science Seminar Series There is a talk today (Friday) on "Speciation in birds: songs, behavior, and genomes" by Dr. Chris...
Nancy Hilding President Prairie Hills Audubon Society to others ACTUAL CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS (CBCs) The 108th CBC field season, December 14th 2007 to January...
Three of us went to look for the Snowy Owl in western Minnehaha Co. again this afternoon. We searched for about 3 hours and finallyndecided it had moved on. So...
Since there has been two people now that have asked me if I'm still alive and taking pictures I thought I would post something today. Last week I saw a Snowy...
Among birds observed at Canyon Lake ( Rapid City) this morning, December 6, were the following: Gadwall, American Wigeon, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, GREATER...
Mick Zerr and I checked out the feeders at Beaver Creek Rec Area today. No food left so added some. Only birds seen: a few junco and 2 Downy Woodpecker. We...
Todd Jensen called me and reported a Black Scoter in the tailrace near the boat ramp. Also he saw a Lesser Black-backed Gull on the ice up on Lewis & Clark...
What a beautiful day. We took a non birding trip to Oshoto. We saw 4 Bald Eagles in the same tree, 2 adults and 2 Juv.. Other birds-3 Red-tailed Hawks, 6...
Birded this afternoon with Todd Jenson. The highlights, found in the tailrace, were four Long-tailed Ducks and a White-winged Scoter. Ron Mabie Pickstown, SD ...
I had a late, possibly wintering, Barn Owl at Little Bend today along with four other owl species: three Saw-whets, 10 Short-earred, a couple of Great Horned,...
KENNY MILLER
littlebend@...
Dec 8, 2008 1:54 am
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I was out looking for gyrs today on the Fort Pierre National Grassland. I had no luck until Mike Erickson called, they had a juvie located a few miles west of...
Not much at Beaver Creek Nature Center, but Perry Nature Area was busy. A pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers were pestering each other. On the same tree a Hairy...
mick
zerrm@...
Dec 8, 2008 4:20 am
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Birding Yankton area 12/7/08 West City Limits Road / SW Yankton: American Kestrel-1, Bald Eagle-12, American Robin-100, White-breasted nuthatch-4, Black-capped...
We birded from Whitewood-Orman Dam-Harding County via backroads to check out a report of a Snowy Owl along the Camp Crook road on Saturday 12/6. All of the...
Sand Lake's Christmas Bird Count is scheduled for Wednesday, December 17. Please contact us in advance at the phone number or email address below if you are...
I've seen two more Short-eared Owls in the past two days, one in Pennington County near RR Buttes, the other closer to Folsom in Custer Co. Both were viewed...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Dec 11, 2008 4:59 pm
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Not much new. The Imm Sandhill Crane is still here, apparently goes out and feeds with a goose flock. I saw a Glaucous Gull today, but haven't seen the Mew or...