There was a snipe displaying tonight just west of the truck route on the west side of Huron. Sent from my iPhone...
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Cecelia
ccsasa
Mar 26, 2012 12:28 pm
Lynn, That photo of the cranes all over the sky is incredible! I'm so glad you got it. I saw sandhill cranes for the first time earlier this year before they...
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Ricky D. Olson
rickyd76
Mar 26, 2012 12:49 pm
I forgot to mention we saw Fox Sparrows in Turner & Lincoln Counties' this weekend. Eastern Phoebe in Union County. Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky...
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Jocelyn Baker
jociebk
Mar 26, 2012 4:27 pm
On the weekly Canyon Lake (Rapid City) bird survey, 11 waterfowl species and 192 individuals were observed. Numbers have declined considerably with only 40...
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Ricky D. Olson
rickyd76
Mar 26, 2012 4:59 pm
FOY birds today: Common Loon Turkey Vulture American Pipit Also I have a Fox Sparrow at my feeder. Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky D. Olson Fort...
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Jensen, Kent
docwildlife
Mar 26, 2012 6:22 pm
I thought this would be of interest to the group. Holy smokes they are early this year! K. C. Jensen, Ph.D. Department of Natural Resource Management SPB...
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mmelius@...
Mar 26, 2012 8:18 pm
I've just been out looking for hawks from my place in NE Custer Co. The south wind is picking up and they are really starting to move. I've seen 20 buteos, a...
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R&M Mabie
ron.mabie
Mar 26, 2012 8:23 pm
The Ft Randall Birding Festival will be held on 18-20 May 2012. A Schedule of Events and Registration Form can be found at www.cityofwagner.org. Scroll down...
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Gene
hessgk08
Mar 26, 2012 10:50 pm
Hi, Four members and six guests participated on the NHBC trip to North Platte to view the Sandhill Crane migration. We had wonderful weather and perfect timing...
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Caroline Stafford
carolinestaf...
Mar 26, 2012 10:57 pm
I think I probably saw Michael Melius's cranes when I stopped to check Catron Pond south. Large flock 130-150 estimate came over about 4pm. Canada goose pair...
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mmelius@...
Mar 27, 2012 3:16 am
There was fog this morning where I live east of the Black Hills, rare weather not to be missed. I walked over to some Buffalo Gap Natl. Grasslands near home....
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william
williamd4
Mar 27, 2012 5:02 am
... I have noticed this same phenomenon in northwest Oklahoma. Starting with their arrival in the fall and continuing through winter the only juncos i see are...
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Nancy Drilling
drillingn
Mar 27, 2012 4:57 pm
Spent parts of Saturday - Monday birding in southeast SD. Got 17 FOY species. Many thanks to Ricky, Scott, Mick, Todd, and Jocie for advice and birding...
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Robert Druckrey
bdruckrey
Mar 27, 2012 6:59 pm
Was driving west on Highway 44 west of Rapid City near Johnson Siding (Pennington County) when a big blue heron flew up from Rapid Creek just west of the...
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Nancy Drilling
drillingn
Mar 27, 2012 10:15 pm
Three groups of birders have spent the better part of today looking for a Whooping Crane among the tens of thousands of sandhill cranes feeding in western...
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Rick Rothermel
rprothermel
Mar 27, 2012 10:16 pm
There were 5 turkey vultures in Belle Fourche early this morning. Linda Belle Fourche [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Mick Zerr
zerrm@...
Mar 28, 2012 4:19 am
Today's Project Feederwatch offered 16 species. C. Grackles, Song Sparrow, House Sparrow, Starlings, House Finches, DE and Oregon Juncos, WB Nuthatch,...
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dalybar@...
lynnbarber
Mar 28, 2012 2:26 pm
Yesterday was a very long but a very good day. After hearing a report about a Whooping Crane in Beadle Co. (from Nancy Drilling), Jocie Baker and I headed out...
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SDH20fowler
nun2brite2002
Mar 28, 2012 2:39 pm
Tues Eve I saw a pair of gulls flying along the edge of Rush Lake on Hiway 12 just west of Waubay. One was half the size of the other and I thought it might...
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Kim
kimcallahan...
Mar 28, 2012 4:00 pm
Last night at 8:00 PM I observed and heard American Woodcocks at Clay County Park. These observations were made on the east side of the park right at the...
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Heather Doerges
janebirdsmom
Mar 28, 2012 5:02 pm
Oh yes.. they are back we saw them yesterday (march 27) here in Spearfish too.... yuck. Heather Doerges hdoerges@......
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Mick Zerr
zerrm@...
Mar 29, 2012 3:14 am
Checking the two Bald Eagle nests between Brandon and Sioux Falls found both nests occupied, and a nice surprise was a FOY Bluebird along Redwood Blvd. Checked...
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mmelius@...
Mar 29, 2012 3:40 am
The first Burrowing Owls showed up this evening, calling from the prairie dog town around my place in NE Custer Co. This ties for the earliest date here, from...
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Charlene Bessken
cbessken
Mar 29, 2012 11:42 am
I was driving to Rapid City yesterday when a curlew flew right over the vehicle. It was around Mile Marker 149 just west of Kadoka. Charlene "Charlie" Bessken...
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Charlene Bessken
cbessken
Mar 29, 2012 11:53 am
Forgot to say what road I was on when I saw the curlew - I-90. Charlene "Charlie" Bessken Pierre, SD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kim
kimcallahan...
Mar 29, 2012 5:14 pm
Just as in the previous evening, I observed one American Woodcock and heard three more in the same location at Clay County Park. I did shift my location...
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Colleen
collnelson43
Mar 29, 2012 5:15 pm
A Townsend's Solitare visited our bird bath on Tuesday and Wednesday. It hasn't shown up yet today with the thunder and rain but I am hoping it does so I can...
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Nancy Drilling
drillingn
Mar 29, 2012 5:22 pm
Note that a direct link to information on the Ft. Randall Birding Festival (18-30 May, 2012) is at: http://www.sdgreatlakes.org/greatoutdoors/birdinginfo/ Be...
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douglas chapman
dougchapman3
Mar 29, 2012 6:43 pm
This is really cool. Saw it on MOU.net douglas chapman foodrev@... <") ( \ / |`` ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jon Little
jonathan.lit...
Mar 29, 2012 11:41 pm
When I first noticed these postings about a single (or more) Whooping Cranes, I couldn't help but wonder whether one of the birds seen was one that my wife and...
