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.

Senegal 204

Senegal South Dakota Gambia Birds 204

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

I began a program for PBS on a group of young kids in a small town in South Dakota. On Mother’s Day, an F2 Tornado hit the small town of Delmont, South Dakota. But the kids in South Dakota are going to be ok now. 84 homes were destroyed so it was minimal in many ways and I am thankful for that.

South Dakota 266

South Dakota Nebraska Missouri Killing 266

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2015

Swallows have migrated north to south along the Americas for millennia. Suddenly a group of barn swallows hatched in a barn or underpass in North America decides to stay in the wintering grounds and start a breeding colony there. Adult and fledglings in Murdo, South Dakota. Chicks in nest in Wyoming.

South Dakota 169

South Dakota South America North America America 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

The North American Tundra Swan ( Cygnus columbianus columbianus ) migrates in flocks of family groups… leaving their Arctic breeding grounds in late September and arriving in their wintering grounds in November and December 1 (click on photos for full sized images). Range map courtesy of Terri Sohl of South Dakota Birds and Birding.

California 108

California South Dakota Sacramento North America 108

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.

Geese 170

Geese Wildlife Sacramento South Dakota 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

This year offered no change from the norm as a group of birders were able to find six male Eurasian Wigeons hanging out with a even larger group of Americans. This species has three populations that reside in the northern tall-grass prairies ranging from South Dakota up though the Canadian prairies.

Florida 170

Florida South Dakota Sparrows Wildlife 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

And a very happy Masemas for anyone who observes my son Mason’s birthday (probably not as many as the last group!) All conditions are perfect here in central South Dakota for the waterfowl travelers. Patrick’s Day to those of you who celebrate the day we can all be at least a little bit Irish. Have a nice weekend.

2011 150

2011 Birds Deer South Dakota 150