Some of you requested info on the 1920 BIRDS OF SD by Over and Thoms. You can download all 157 pages of the report (BO-9)at : ...
mick
zerrm@...
Feb 1, 2009 8:31 pm
5174
This morning I drove out to the McNenny Fish Hatchery outside Spearfish. After seeing a large number of Robins, Townsend's Solitaires, and about 10 Cedar...
Decided to drive out to Richmond Lake again today. Saw a Snowy Owl on Brown Co. 13, just off of US 281. Flying across an open field, heading north. Richmond...
Gary & Cindy Olson
olsonfam@...
Feb 1, 2009 11:10 pm
5176
There were at least 7 Red-breasted Mergansers in the open water around the Intake Structure this morning. There was a pair of Long-tailed Ducks in the...
I found another Saw-whet Owl on Farm Island today. This one is on a completely different part of the Island so I don't think its one of the previously...
KENNY MILLER
littlebend@...
Feb 2, 2009 3:57 am
5178
This past Saturday morning I was treated to a rich cacophony of sound - approximately twelve Pinyon Jays with their harsh nasal notes, accompanied by the...
I saw six Short-eared Owls near my place in NE Custer Co., on Jan. 30. All were seen after sunset, all within about a mile of old Folsom town. Three of them...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Feb 2, 2009 6:34 pm
5180
I found the Varied Thrush in west Rapid City yesterday (Feb. 2). It was late, around 4 pm. I couldn't find the bird in its favorite back yard, so I started...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Feb 3, 2009 3:23 pm
5181
Time to make plans for the Great Backyard Bird Count February 13-16. Last year South Dakota birders reported 91 species on 248 checklists. It would be great...
I did see the apparent 1st year Glaucous-winged Gull on LaFramboise Sandbar yesterday. There have been up to 5 immature Glaucous Gulls around. The California...
Subject: Fw: Minnesota Bird Feeder You thought squirrels were bad . . . . Godspeed Good Grief! What is that line made of? [Non-text portions of this message...
Finally. Today, on my fourth try - so much for "three times a charm" - I found the Varied Thrush in Rapid City. The bird was about a block from the yard...
Have seen a belted kingfisher several times this week, perched on either side of the bridge over Rapid Creek where Park Drive crosses it between Meadowbrook...
Hi Ricky. I think that I might come down to Pierre this weekend. I'll leave early on Friday and will probably stay until about noon on Sunday. I'm finally...
Hi. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to post to the whole SD group my recent health history and weekend plans. I guess I'm not quite fully awake yet. Mark Otnes ...
We have 33 Redpolls and about 200 Gray-crowns at our feeders. today. 1 very fast Merlin, too. Jean, Sundance, Wy. [Non-text portions of this message have...
I observed a pair of Golden Eagles nest-building today in Custer Co., along Spring Creek east of the Black Hills. I first noticed the nest two years ago, when...
m. melius
mmelius@...
Feb 5, 2009 10:23 pm
5190
NHBC Field Trip - Saturday, February 14 The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a field trip in the Pierre area on Saturday, February 14, weather permitting....
For anyone who might be walking on Farm Island this weekend and stopping to check on the Saw-whet Owl I posted last weekend, there is a second owl roosting...
KENNY MILLER
littlebend@...
Feb 7, 2009 12:30 am
5192
Hairy Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 4 Blue Jays 9 Goldfinches 60 Common Redpolls 22 Pine Siskins 1 Purple Finch 1 House Finch 3 Rock Dove 3 Pat...
Yesterday, I observed three American Dippers at Hanna Campround (three miles south of Cheyenne Crossing) in Lawrence County. A times all three were on the...
I spent last Friday and Saturday birding the Pierre area and ended up with 53 species. Thanks as always to Ricky Olson for birding tips and for going out with...
44N 103.3W GH owls abound this weekend. Friday about 11 pm, my daughter (age 16). and I sat by the roadside and watched a GHO watching us from the top of a...
Mick Zerr and I went out to see if anything was present today. QWe found a Northern Shrike, several juncos a few nuthatches (no Red- breasted) and 2 accipiter...
Sunday, Feeders were busy in the AM. Cardinals, singing Spring songs, RB Woodpecker being very noisy, a busy Brown Creeper, Juncos, House Finch and Sparrows,...
mick
zerrm@...
Feb 9, 2009 1:28 am
5198
Waterfowl numbers are rapidly declining at Canyon Lake in Rapid City. The lake is now the size of a small pond due to the draw down and channeling of the creek...
Jocelyn Baker
osprey@...
Feb 9, 2009 4:37 am
5199
This winters redpoll invasion has generated many reports of Hoary Redpolls. I am asking people to submit rare bird reports ( pictures welcome) to the SDOU...
Ricky's cautions about redpoll ID are well-taken. Separating Hoary Redpoll from Common is not just difficult, it is also part throwing caution to the wind. And...
I was wondering if anybody out there has heard of a 2nd or 3rd hand recent ( last few years) sighting report of a Tufted Timouse in South Dakota?? Or has...
Hi to SD Birders: The Bird Notes deadline is next Sunday night February 15, 2009. I aim to have bird notes in the printer's care by Feb 25 or so and in your ...
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