http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/ sd-birds Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:13:43 GMT Roger Dietrich http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6310 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6310 Sad news - Deb Palmer, of Vermillion, SD, passed away unexpectedly this past week. I got to know Deb while we were both working on the Osprey Restoration Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:29:47 GMT douglas chapman http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6309 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6309 Hi, Very disappointing birding this morning (best was a fly-over GB Heron), but... I saw a Mountain Lion. Life mammal! I purposely am not posted the location Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:08:19 GMT Ricky D. Olson http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6308 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6308 I observed an immature Black-legged Kittiwake and an adult Mew Gull below Oahe Marina today. I also saw Herring,California,Bonaparte's,Ring-billed and Thayer's Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:50:54 GMT Jean http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6307 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6307 Yesterday, Verna Hays and I went to Buffalo, Wy. to check out the ponds there. Pond S. of Buffalo had A. Wigeons and Mallards Pond W. of Buffalo had 1000's of Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:15:59 GMT mick http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6306 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6306 Here are a few shots from Saturdays SFBC field trip south of Sioux Falls. http://www.flickr.com/photos/siouxfalls/sets/72157622756348176/show/ Mick SFBC Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:51:40 GMT Jean http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6305 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6305 We spent the day around the Keyhole area. Not a lot of birds, but a nice day. Common Loon 4 Western and clarks Grebes Canada Goose Mallard Am. Wigeon Hooded Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:40:21 GMT Nancy Hilding http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6304 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6304 Nancy to others, I forward this request for a peacock, I have no idea where you get peacocks. ... -- Nancy Hilding 6300 West Elm Black Hawk, SD 57718 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:18:30 GMT William_Schultze@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6303 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6303 Waterfowl Estimates for Sand Lake NWR - 11/3/2009 Canada Geese - 800 Snow Geese - 20,000 Ducks - 38,000 Swans - 300 More ducks and snow geese moved into Sand Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:51:10 GMT mick http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6302 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6302 Some of our members might be newer and have not used the SDOU website reporting/mapping tool. Jeff Palmer and his staff have done a great job in making the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:51:43 GMT Jocelyn Baker http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6301 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6301 Common Goldeneyes (4) along with a Cackling Goose, Hooded Mergansers, Ring-necked Ducks and Redheads were among the waterfowl species at Canyon Lake, Rapid Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:43:57 GMT Jean http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6300 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6300 I finally saw my first rough-legged Hawk yesterdsy just n. of my house. There are now about 80 Gray-crowned rosy finches and a few Pine siskins out our Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:35:55 GMT David Graham http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6299 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6299 For the past week (since Oct 26) we have had a female red-bellied woodpecker visiting our suet feeders 5x / day or more. This is the first time sunce we moved Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:10:15 GMT douglas chapman http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6298 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6298 Ducks Unlimited has posted their duck migration map if anyone would like to check it. http://www.ducks.org/migrationmap/?poe=migrationHQ Doug Chapman Sioux Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:04:29 GMT laura_hubers@... http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6297 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6297 We have a red-bellied woodpecker and red-breasted nuthatches at our feeder this morning - both have been pretty scarce the last few years that I can recall. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:54:48 GMT Jensen, Kent http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6296 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sd-birds/message/6296 Call for Papers South Dakota Ornithologists' Union Fall Meeting and Paper Session November 20 -22, 2009 Ramkota Convention Center, Pierre, SD The Fall 2009