The Northern Hills Bird Club (NHBC) will meet on Thursday, April 7, at 7:00 PM at the Meade County Extension Service Office, 1029 Fifth Street, Sturgis -- just...
I saw a couple pair of Wood ducks yesterday the 31st but they would not cooperate with the camera. Today I went to my favorite spot down on the Mog just south...
It has been fairly quiet here. I did see my first of the year Common Loon, Franklin's Gull & DC Cormorant. Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky D. Olson ...
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Apr 1, 2005 7:37 pm
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Like Ricky, I saw my first Franklin's Gulls of the season today (flying by HyVee). Also heard/saw my first GC Kinglet since the big freeze we experienced here...
A clarification on the sightings at Gitchi Manitou and Lake Alvin. After some help from master birders (but not from field guides), the birds are "officially"...
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Apr 1, 2005 11:32 pm
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The Northern Hills Bird Club will conduct a field trip out of Belle Fourche on Saturday April 9. Interested persons should bring a lunch and meet in the ...
Hello Birders: Several members of the Sioux Falls Bird Club spent Saturday morning, April 2, with 3 members of a software team developing a palm pilot software...
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Nelda Holden
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March 27 to April 2 - Hanna South Dakota This week saw a brief return to winter at Hanna, with six inches of snow recorded from Wednesday night to Thursday...
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This morning on the sewage lagoons at the north end of White Crane Campground I saw a great variety of ducks including one male Eurasian Wigeon. I was in...
I banded a winter wren in Aberdeen this evening, 3 April 2003. The recent post of an Eurasian Wigeon was interesting since the species has recently been...
Hello All! The past two days in Pactola Basin, Pennington Cty, have been quiet, but today produced singing Song Sparrows and RW Blackbirds (two weeks later...
Hi Everybody (& sorry for the delay) I snuck out last evening and was able to re-find the striking male Eurasian Wigeon found yesterday AM by Roger. Then, just...
Here are the pictures taken with the Sioux Falls Bird Club during the last week. All pictures taken with Canon 400mm L mounted to a Canon 20D. Please feel...
On Sunday, March 3, 2005, Patricia saw three Pygmy Nuthatches in Ponderosa Pines near our house about 2 miles east of Piedmont, Meade County, SD. Pygmy...
I forgot to mention a few other sightings. Roger & I independently observed an Osprey over Lake Yankton. I also enjoyed seeing a Loggerhead Shrike working the...
Eric just called to say that he and Dave were able to re-find the bird early this afternoon - on the 3rd (northernmost) lagoon where Roger had first seen it. I...
(This corrects month to "April".) On Sunday, April 3, 2005, Patricia saw three Pygmy Nuthatches in Ponderosa Pines near our house about 2 miles east of...
The Eurasian Wigeon was still present at Yankton as of 5:45 pm this evening. Jeffrey S. Palmer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Palmer, Jeff
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Apr 5, 2005 1:23 am
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A beautiful breeding adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was in the Oahe Marina area this AM. Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky D. Olson Fort Pierre SD ...
Ricky D Olson
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Apr 5, 2005 5:55 pm
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It is my impression (supposition) that Pygmy Nuthatches seem to be undergoing a population expansion in the Black Hills over the last 5-10 years, possibly...
Palmer, Jeff
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Apr 5, 2005 7:02 pm
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The Eurasian Wigeon was present at the north pond of White Crane sewage lagoons today at 11:30. White Crane is reached from the road leading down from the...
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Apr 5, 2005 8:14 pm
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I need CBC data from Wind Cave and Hot Springs and anywhere else that does not report to the Audubon Society. Even if you have previously sent me these items,...
First sighting of 2005: I saw a Great Egret in Sioux Falls on the Big Sioux River this afternoon between Pasley Park and Lief Ericson Camp. The bird hung...
Conducted the first shorebird surveys for the year on Sand Lake today. Besides killdeer, we observed several greater yellowlegs, common snipe, and Baird's...
Plenty of canyon wrens in Little Elk Creek Canyon. I tried to see if any of them were exhibiting any breeding behavior but all they did was dart into and out...
anna k. ball
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Apr 6, 2005 9:07 pm
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After having over 100 Redpolls for about 2 weeks at my feeders I am down to 3. The Gray-crowned Rosy Finches are gone. The local res. has Killdeer, Can....
Jean
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Apr 7, 2005 12:54 am
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Single turkey vulture cruising our neighborhood (Sheridan Lake Rd/Moon Meadows RD) Appeared 4/1, usually see group of about 5, haven't seen the rest yet, just...
I just wanted to let folks know that long-billed curlews have showed up near Pierre. My grad student, Nan saw 5 on her study area last Sunday - and more have...