10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2015

This summer the opportunity presented itself in the form of a family trip to South Dakota and neighboring states. Adult and fledglings in Murdo, South Dakota. But, seeing a actual barn swallow nest would imply either going to central Argentina or travel to northern latitudes during the breeding season.

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South Dakota South America North America Wyoming 217

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2012

In North America, the Greater White-fronted Goose breeds in open tundra areas of the low Arctic from Point Barrow, Alaska to northeastern Keewatin, Northwest Territories, and it winters south to Chiapas, Mexico, thus having the broadest latitudinal range of any arctic-nesting goose 1. Range map courtesy of South Dakota Birds and Birding.

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Geese Wildlife Sacramento South Dakota 215

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).

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West Virginia United States Puerto Rico Minnesota 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Photos, in order, by Suzie Gilbert; South Dakota DGFP; Jason Quinn; Graeme S. As for the Super Bowl, it was the first one I’d ever watched start to finish … and to my great dismay, there was no Clydesdale commercial. Beer, here! Chapman; Shaun Kardinal.

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South Dakota Zebras Birds Eagles 188

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Map courtesy of Terry Sohl at South Dakota Birds and Birding. The main wintering area for Ross’s Goose ( Chen rossii ) is presently in the Central Valley of California, though increasing numbers winter in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, and the north-central highlands of Mexico 1.

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South Dakota Sacramento Geese Arkansas 190

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

Range map courtesy of Terri Sohl of South Dakota Birds and Birding.

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South Dakota California Sacramento North America 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2014

Well, below is the range map for Willow Ptarmigan , borrowed from South Dakota Birds and Birding. Why was everyone so excited to see a Willow Ptarmigan ? Note how far New York State is from even the bird’s winter range. This football-sized bird was way out its normal range.

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New York New York City South Dakota Bald Eagle 250

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

Range map courtesy of South Dakota Birds and Birding. Some of these irruptions have been attributed to a lack of wood-boring insect prey on their normal range or to overpopulation following an insect outbreak 1. Either way, they are usually due to exploitation of wood-boring beetle larvae, their primary food.

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Woodpeckers California South Dakota Chad 225

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2013

There is currently a push to place the Black-backed Woodpecker, in its Oregon/California and South Dakota populations, under the protection of the Federal Endangered Species Act. They receive no protection, and are often destroyed by salvage logging as quickly as possible.

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Endangered Species South Dakota Woodpeckers Sheep 203

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. wrote Laura, on Long Island.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Michigan 255

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

This species has three populations that reside in the northern tall-grass prairies ranging from South Dakota up though the Canadian prairies. Certain stops along the wildlife drive with adjacent salt marsh habitat is where we searched these guys out. They other two are located in coastal New England and up on the James and Hudson Bays.

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South Dakota Florida Sparrows Wildlife 223

Critter News

JANUARY 17, 2012

drum roll please) South Dakota!!! Here's a way to find out how your state ranks. California is #1 again.yay! Washington State, where I currently live, is #6! At the bottom.(drum

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Animal Welfare South Dakota Welfare Humane 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Ohio, Mississippi, North Dakota, Idaho and South Dakota are at the bottom. It's their first annual "humane state" report. California and New Jersey came out on top.

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South Dakota Humane North Dakota Idaho 100

Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2011

New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way. BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Protection North Dakota Protection 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 26, 2008

And the worst: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, South Dakota, Wyoming You can check out the whole report on their web site.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Protection South Dakota ALDF 100

Critter News

JANUARY 30, 2009

Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

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Wolves Obama South Dakota North Dakota 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I grew up in South Dakota and I know a little bit about cold, and it's just not the place for an elephant.". "I don't think there should be elephants in Canada," said Barker, 88, during a live interview with CBC’s Carole MacNeil. "I

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Elephants Sanctuary South Dakota Animal Rights Movement 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

The resulting properties—WPAs—are small ponds, wetlands, and associated grasslands, primarily in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, but also in Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Iowa. In 1958, to address the increasing loss of this valuable habitat, FWS began to acquire land in the region.

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Factory Ducks North Dakota Nebraska 159

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Even some states that technically have checklists barely qualify: the great state of Illinois has just a single checklist with two species (from an airport).

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Rhode Island United States West Virginia Puerto Rico 127

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

All conditions are perfect here in central South Dakota for the waterfowl travelers. Have a nice weekend. Salls Country Life Mar 19th, 2011 at 1:35 pm We are experiencing some incredible migratory bird watching right now. Stop by our blog for some nice shots and share the experience!!

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2011 Deer South Dakota Costa Rica 150

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2018

With Wyoming and South Dakota in our rear view mirror, we look toward Colorado, and a hot spot I have been anxious to visit. Trinidad Colorado is located just a few miles north of the Colorado – New Mexico border, and home to the Trinidad Reservoir.

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Colorado Texas Trinidad Albuquerque 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Prairie Pothole Region of the United States , primary in North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. Of course, there are also many potential lifers that are essentially impossible to see in outside of Alaska, at least in the United States. And when else would I ever get to see Nome?

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San Francisco Portland United States Puerto Rico 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2016

South Dakota went a different way, designating the Ring-necked Pheasant as the state bird in 1943. In fact, the bird is so popular that it was also chosen for South Dakota’s bicentennial commemorative quarter! Ring-necked Pheasants are native to Asia, brought over in the 1880’s.

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South Dakota Hawaii United States North America 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

The first resurrection, or more properly resurfacing, of the black-footed ferret happened in 1964, in Mellette County, South Dakota. When the South Dakota ferret numbers began dropping, they captured nine animals in hopes of starting a captive breeding population.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 243

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2024

According to Google, Senegal is about the same size as South Dakota. lists in South Dakota and Senegal has had 757 eBirders submit 12.1K There are some lists there from the few Americans that have visited and the rogue European birder that has taken to using eBird, but otherwise, it is fairly under eBirded.

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Senegal South Dakota Gambia Birds 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The truth is that Lewis’s Woodpeckers , named after the famous explorer Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame a few years after being discovered in 1805, are found in the United States mainly west of the great plains (range map courtesy of Terry Sohl at South Dakota Birds ).

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Woodpeckers South Dakota Jordan United States 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

Lynn Barber was chasing the South Dakota big year record of 332 and managed to smash it with 350 species. It looks like 352 species is the new South Dakota Big Year record but it is unclear to me if more than one person reached that number or even exceeded it. Pat, let us know in the comments, alright?

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2012 South Dakota Costa Rica Houston 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

But if you look at a bit of prairie in South Dakota during the dead of winter, you may see very few birds and a lot of bison. In your back yard, if you have a feeder and exclude insects, birds may represent 100% of the animal biomass until either you our your cat walks outside.

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Mammals Rodents Reptiles Birds 233

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

North Dakota. South Dakota. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. Rhode Island. Washington. Wisconsin. I particularly like this photo of a female at Nanhui.

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Rhode Island South Dakota North Dakota Maryland 147