Lynn E. Barber's Birding Site

2012 - South Dakota

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2012 - South Dakota
2012 - South Dakota - Day by Day
2012 - Where I birded, day by day
2012 - Photos of Some of the Birds Seen in SD - Jan-Mar
2012 - Photos of Some Birds Seen in SD - Apr-Jun
2012 Photos of Some Birds Seen in SD - July-Dec.
2013 South Dakota - Pennington County - Big Years "A" and "B"
2013 BIG YEAR B - Pennington Co. - Day-by-Day- begins July 1
2013 BIG YEAR A - Pennington Co. Day-by-day - begins January 1
2013 - Big Year C (Sept 1, 2013 to August 31, 2014)
2013 - where I birded (goes into 2014 for big year B)
2013 - photos, South Dakota
Honduras - February 2013
2014 Birds Seen in SD (Pennington Co.)
2014 - day by day
2014 - 2015 - Alaska!
2016 AK bird checklist
2016 Day-by-day AK BIG YEAR
2016 Where I birded
2017 - Birds Seen in AK (NOT a big year)

South Dakota Checklist (SDOU)

The following birds make up the official South Dakota bird list; their status in the state is indicated in parentheses following the bird species common name. Once 2012 starts, birds that I see in SD will have the date and location of first SD sighting for the year indicated after the status indication. You will also be able to check the next web page to see what birds I first saw on which dates.

This is up-to-date as of December 31st (350 species to end the year)
R (Regular), C (Casual), A (Accidental), H (Hypothetical)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (A)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (A)
Greater White-fronted Goose (R)-Jan. 14
Snow Goose (R)-Jan. 14
Ross's Goose (R)-Jan. 14
Brant (R)-Dec. 1
Cackling Goose (R)-Jan. 2
Canada Goose (R)-Jan. 2
Mute Swan (H)
Trumpeter Swan (R)-Jan. 7
Tundra Swan (R)-Apr. 21
Wood Duck (R)-Jan. 2
Gadwall (R)-Jan. 2
Eurasian Wigeon (A)
American Wigeon (R)-Jan. 2
American Black Duck (R)-Jan. 3
Mallard (R)-Jan.1
Mottled Duck (A)
Blue-winged Teal (R)-Mar. 27
Cinnamon Teal (R)-Apr. 8
Northern Shoveler (R)-Jan. 16
Northern Pintail (R)-Jan. 14
Green-winged Teal (R)-Jan. 2
Canvasback (R)-Jan. 2
Redhead (R)-Jan. 2
Ring-necked Duck (R)-Jan. 2
Greater Scaup (R)-Jan. 11
Lesser Scaup (R)-Jan. 2
Common Eider (A)
Harlequin Duck (C)-Jan. 2
Surf Scoter (R)-Oct. 23
White-winged Scoter (R)-Nov. 30
Black Scoter (R)-Nov. 7
Long-tailed Duck (R)-Feb. 16
Bufflehead (R)-Jan. 2
Common Goldeneye (R)-Jan. 1
Barrow's Goldeneye (R)-Jan. 19
Hooded Merganser (R)-Jan. 2
Common Merganser (R)-Jan. 2
Red-breasted Merganser (R)-Jan. 19
Ruddy Duck (R)-Mar. 9
Gray Partridge (R)-Jan. 31
Ring-necked Pheasant (R)-Jan. 1
Ruffed Grouse (R)-Mar. 31
Greater Sage-Grouse (R)-Mar. 13
Sharp-tailed Grouse (R)-Jan. 1
Greater Prairie-Chicken (R)-Jan. 3
Wild Turkey (R)-Jan. 1
Northern Bobwhite (R)-July 17
Red-throated Loon (C)-Oct. 30
Pacific Loon (R)-Nov. 7
Common Loon (R)-Mar.29
Yellow-billed Loon (A)
Pied-billed Grebe (R)-Mar. 26
Horned Grebe (R)-Mar. 16
Red-necked Grebe (R)-Apr. 13
Eared Grebe (R)-Mar. 29
Western Grebe (R)-Apr. 9
Clark's Grebe (R)-Apr. 26
American White Pelican (R)--Mar. 18
Brown Pelican (C)
Neotropic Cormorant (A)-Apr. 27
Double-crested Cormorant (R)-Mar. 25
American Bittern (R)-May 3
Least Bittern (R)-May 25
Great Blue Heron (R)-Mar/ 16
Great Egret (R)-Apr. 5
Snowy Egret (R)-Apr. 18
Little Blue Heron (R)-May 17
Tricolored Heron (A)-May 17
Cattle Egret (R)-Apr. 13
Green Heron (R)-May 9
Black-crowned Night-Heron (R)-Apr. 13
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (C)-July 30
White Ibis (A)
Glossy Ibis (C)-Apr. 21
White-faced Ibis (R)-Apr. 12
Wood Stork (A)
Black Vulture (H)
Turkey Vulture (R)-Apr. 2
Osprey (R)-Apr. 12
Swallow-tailed Kite (A)
White-tailed Kite (A)
Mississippi Kite (C)
Bald Eagle (R)-Jan. 1
Northern Harrier (R)-Jan. 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk (R)-Jan. 1
Cooper's Hawk (R)-Jan. 7
Northern Goshawk (R)-Aug. 4
Red-shouldered Hawk (C)-Aug. 31
Broad-winged Hawk (R)-July 14
Swainson's Hawk (R)-Apr. 17
Red-tailed Hawk (R)-Jan. 1
Ferruginous Hawk (R)-Jan. 3
Rough-legged Hawk (R)-Jan. 1
Golden Eagle (R)-Jan. 2
Crested Caracfara (A)
American Kestrel (R)-Jan. 1
Merlin (R)-Feb. 4
Gyrfalcon (R)-Mar. 16
Peregrine Falcon (R)-Apr. 27
Prairie Falcon (R)-Jan. 3
Yellow Rail (A)
Black Rail (pending) (A)
King Rail (A)
Virginia Rail (R)-Feb. 22
Sora (R)-May 6
Purple Gallinule (A)
Common Moorhen (C)-July 3
American Coot (R)-Jan. 2
Sandhill Crane (R)-Mar. 25
Whooping Crane (R)-Mar. 27
Black-bellied Plover (R)-May 11
American Golden-Plover (R)-Apr. 13
Snowy Plover (C)
Semipalmated Plover (R)-Apr. 13
Piping Plover (R)-July 16
Killdeer (R)-Jan. 2
Mountain Plover (A)
Black-necked Stilt (R)-May 2
American Avocet (R)-Apr. 8
Spotted Sandpiper (R)-Apr. 30
Solitary Sandpiper (R)-Apr. 18
Greater Yellowlegs (R)-Mar. 25
Willet (R)-Apr. 13
Lesser Yellowlegs (R)-Mar. 27
Upland Sandpiper (R)-May 2
Whimbrel (R)
Long-billed Curlew (R)-Apr. 3
Hudsonian Godwit (R)-Apr. 13
Marbled Godwit (R)-Apr. 12
Ruddy Turnstone (R)-May 23
Red Knot (C)
Sanderling (R)-Aug. 31
Semipalmated Sandpiper (R)-Apr. 13
Western Sandpiper (C)
Least Sandpiper (R)-Apr. 13
White-rumped Sandpiper (R)-May 2
Baird's Sandpiper (R)-Apr. 5
Pectoral Sandpiper (R)-Apr. 12
Purple Sandpiper (H)
Dunlin (R)-Apr. 12
Stilt Sandpiper (R)-May 9
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (R)-July 30
Ruff (A)-Apr. 12
Short-billed Dowitcher (R)-Apr. 27
Long-billed Dowitcher (R)-Apr. 12
Wilson's Snipe (R)-Feb. 22
American Woodcock (R)-Mar. 29
Wilson's Phalarope (R)-Apr. 25
Red-necked Phalarope (R)-May 8
Red Phalarope (A)
Black-legged Kittiwake (C)
Ivory Gull (A)
Sabine's Gull (R)
Bonaparte's Gull (R)-Mar. 27
Little Gull (C)
Ross's Gull (pending)(A)
Laughing Gull (C)-Apr. 5
Franklin's Gull (R)-Jan. 13
Mew Gull (R)-Mar. 16
Ring-billed Gull (R)-Jan. 13
California Gull (R)-Jan. 14
Herring Gull (R)-Jan. 13
Thayer's Gull (R)-Jan. 11
Iceland Gull (C)-Jan. 11
Lesser Black-backed Gull (R)-Dec. 29
Glaucous-winged Gull (A)-Apr. 21
Glaucous Gull (R)-Jan. 13
Great Black-backed Gull (C)-Nov. 8
Least Tern (R)-May 20
Caspian Tern (R)-Apr. 18
Black Tern (R)-May 17
Common Tern (R)-May 16
Arctic Tern (A)
Forster's Tern (R)-Apr. 9
Pomarine Jaeger (A)
Parasitic Jaeger (A)
Long-tailed Jaeger (A)
Ancient Murrelet (A)
Rock Pigeon (R)-Jan. 1
Band-tailed Pigeon (A)
Eurasian Collared-Dove (R)-Jan. 1
White-winged Dove (R)
Mourning Dove (R)-Jan. 9
Inca Dove (A)
Common Ground-Dove (A)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (R)-June 16
Black-billed Cuckoo (R)-June 7
Groove-billed Ani (A)
Barn Owl (R)-May 19
Flammulated Owl (A)
Eastern Screech-Owl (R)-Jan. 30
Great Horned Owl (R)-Jan. 2
Snowy Owl (R)-Jan. 3
Northern Hawk Owl (A)
Burrowing Owl (R)-Mar. 30
Barred Owl (R)-Apr. 28
Great Gray Owl (A)
Long-eared Owl (R)-Jan. 4
Short-eared Owl (R)-Jan. 14
Boreal Owl (A)
Northern Saw-whet Owl (R)-June 23
Common Nighthawk (R)-May 9
Common Poorwill (R)-May 13
Chuck-will's widow (C)-May 9
Whip-poor-will (R)-May 9
Chimney Swift (R)-May 2
White-throated Swift (R)-Apr. 23
Magnificent Hummingbird (A)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (R)-May 10
Anna's Hummingbird (A)
Costa's Hummingbird (A)
Calliope Hummingbird (C)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (R)-June 3
Rufous Hummingbird (R)-July 19
Belted Kingfisher (R)-Jan. 1
Lewis's Woodpecker (R)-Jan. 1
Red-headed Woodpecker (R)-Apr. 28
Red-bellied Woodpecker (R)-Feb. 9
Williamson's Sapsucker (A)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (R)-Mar. 30
Red-naped Sapsucker (R)-May 5
Downy Sapsucker (R)-Jan. 1
Hairy Woodpecker (R)-Jan. 1
American Three-toed Woodpecker (R)-Mar. 31
Black-backed Woodpecker (R)-Feb. 2
Northern Flicker (R)-Jan. 1
Pileated Woodpecker (R)-Feb. 9
Olive-sided Flycatcher (R)-May 6
Western Wood-Pewee (R)-May 29
Eastern Wood-Pewee (R)-May 10
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (R)-August 20
Acadian Flycatcher (A)
Alder Flycatcher (R)-May 24
Willow Flycatcher (R)-May 19
Least Flycatcher (R)-May 6
Hammond's Flycatcher (H)
Dusky Flycatcher (R)-May 12
Cordilleran Flycatcher (R)-May 28
Eastern Phoebe (R)-Mar.29
Say's Phoebe (R)-Apr. 25
Vermilion Flycatcher (A)
Great Crested Flycatcher (R)-May 9
Great Kiskadee (H)
Cassin's Kingbird (C)-June 11
Western Kingbird (R)-May 3
Eastern Kingbird (R)-May 3
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (R)-July 10
Loggerhead Shrike (R)-Apr. 6
Northern Shrike (R)-Jan. 1
White-eyed Vireo (C)-May 20
Bell's Vireo (R)-May 9
Yellow-throated Vireo (R)-May 9
Plumbeous Vireo (R)-June 3
Blue-headed Vireo (R)-May 11
Warbling Vireo (R)-May 6
Philadelphia Vireo (R)-May 6
Red-eyed Vireo (R)-May 10
Gray Jay (R)-Jan. 20
Steller's Jay (A)
Blue Jay (R)-Jan. 1
Pinyon Jay (R)-Jan. 26
Clark's Nutcracker (R)-Feb. 2
Black-billed Magpie (R)-Jan. 1
American Crow (R)-Jan. 1
Common Raven (C)
Horned Lark (R)-Jan. 1
Purple Martin (R)-Apr. 21
Tree Swallow (R)-Mar. 27
Violet-green Swallow (R)-May 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (R)-Apr. 28
Bank Swallow (R)-Apr. 25
Cliff Swallow (R)-Apr. 17
Barn Swallow (R)-Apr. 14
Black-capped Chickadee (R)-Jan. 1
Mountain Chickadee (A)
Boreal Chickadee (A)
Tufted Titmouse (A)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (R)-Jan. 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (R)-Jan. 1
Pygmy Nuthatch (R)-Jan. 10
Brown Creeper (R)-Jan. 1
Rock Wren (R)-May 30
Canyon Wren (R)-Jan. 10
Carolina Wren (R)-August 22
Bewick's Wren (A)
House Wren (R)-Apr. 28
Winter Wren (R)-Mar. 10
Pacific Wren - August 28
Sedge Wren (R)-May 9
Marsh Wren (R)-Mar. 18
American Dipper (R)-Jan. 26
Golden-crowned Kinglet (R)-Jan. 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (R)-Apr. 11
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (R)-May 10
Northern Wheatear (H)
Eastern Bluebird (R)-Feb. 16
Western Bluebird (A)
Mountain Bluebird (R)-Mar. 6
Townsend's Solitaire (R)-Jan. 1
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (A)
Veery (R)-June 9
Gray-cheeked Thrush (R)-May 18
Swainson's Thrush (R)-May 5
Hermit Thrush (R)-Oct. 11
Wood Thrush (R)-May 10
American Robin (R)-Jan. 1
Varied Thrush (C)-Jan. 24
Gray Catbird (R)-May 9
Northern Mockingbird (R)-May 11
Sage Thrasher (R)-June 1
Brown Thrasher (R)-Apr. 28
Curve-billed Thrasher (A)
European Starling (R)-Jan. 1
American Pipit (R)-Apr. 13
Sprague's Pipit (R)-June 22
Bohemian Waxwing (R)-Jan. 4
Cedar Waxwing (R)-Jan. 1
Blue-winged Warbler (R)-May 18
Golden-winged Warbler (R)-July 6
Tennessee Warbler (R)-May 6
Orange-crowned Warbler (R)-Apr. 23
Nashville Warbler (R)-May 10
Virginia's Warbler (R)-June 3
Northern Parula (R)-May 10
Yellow Warbler (R)-May 6
Chestnut-sided Warbler (R)-May 18
Magnolia Warbler (R)-Aug. 31
Cape May Warbler (R)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (R)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (R)-Mar. 30
Black-throated Gray Warbler (C)
Black-throated Green Warbler (R)-May 11
Townsend's Warbler (C)
Blackburnian Warbler (R)-August 20
Yellow-throated Warbler (A)
Pine Warbler (C)-May 20
Prairie Warbler (A)
Palm Warbler (R)-May 6
Bay-breasted Warbler (R)-May 24
Blackpoll Warbler (R)-May 6
Cerulean Warbler (A)
Black-and-white Warbler (R)-July 7
American Redstart (R)-May 10
Prothonotary Warbler (C)
Worm-eating Warbler (C)
Ovenbird (R)-May 6
Northern Waterthrush (R)-May 6
Louisiana Waterthrush (A)
Kentucky Warbler (C)-May 21
Connecticut Warbler (R)
Mourning Warbler (R)-May 18
MacGillivray's Warbler (R)-June 3
Common Yellowthroat (R)-Apr. 28
Hooded Warbler (C)
Wilson's Warbler (R)-May 5
Canada Warbler (R)-August 20
Yellow-breasted Chat (R)-May 15
Summer Tanager (C)-May 6
Scarlet Tanager (R)-May 10
Western Tanager (R)-June 1
Green-tailed Towhee (C)-Sept. 3
Spotted Towhee (R)-Apr. 14
Eastern Towhee (R)-Mar. 30
Cassin's Sparrow (A)
American Tree Sparrow (R)-Jan. 1
Chipping Sparrow (R)-Jan. 26
Clay-colored Sparrow (R)-Apr. 28
Brewer's Sparrow (R)-May 15
Field Sparrow (R)-Mar. 30
Vesper Sparrow (R)-Apr. 6
Lark Sparrow (R)-May 4
Black-throated Sparrow (A)
Sage Sparrow (A)
Lark Bunting (R)-May 4
Savannah Sparrow (R)-Apr. 10
Grasshopper Sparrow (R)-May 9
Baird's Sparrow (R)-June 10
Henslow's Sparrow (C)-June 5
Le Conte's Sparrow (R)-October 6
Nelson's Sparrow (R)-July 2
Fox Sparrow (R)-Mar. 30
Song Sparrow (R)-Jan. 8
Lincoln's Sparrow (R)-Apr. 28
Swamp Sparrow (R)-June 7
White-throated Sparrow (R)-Apr. 28
Harris's Sparrow (R)-Mar. 30
White-crowned Sparrow (R)-Apr. 20
Golden-crowned Sparrow (A)-Oct. 16
Dark-eyed Junco (R)-Jan. 1
McCown's Longspur (C)
Lapland Longspur (R)-Jan. 19
Smith's Longspur (R)-Oct. 23
Chestnut-sided Longspur (R)-Mar. 27
Snow Bunting (R)-Jan. 24
Northern Cardinal (R)-Jan. 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (R)-May 6
Black-headed Grosbeak (R)-May 16
Blue Grosbeak (R)-May 28
Lazuli Bunting (R)-May 26
Indigo Bunting (R)-May 9
Painted Bunting (A)
Dickcissel (R)-May 19
Bobolink (R)-May 9
Red-winged Blackbird (R)-Jan. 1
Eastern Meadowlark (R)-Mar. 18
Western Meadowlark (R)-Jan. 7
Yellow-headed Blackbird (R)-Jan. 11
Rusty Blackbird (R)-Mar. 10
Brewer's Blackbird (R)-Jan. 11
Common Grackle (R)-Mar. 9
Great-tailed Grackle (R)-Apr. 12
Brown-headed Cowbird (R)-Jan. 11
Orchard Oriole (R)-May 9
Bullock's Oriole (R)-May 29
Baltimore Oriole (R)-May 6
Brambling (A)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (R)-Jan. 6
Pine Grosbeak (C)-Jan. 4
Purple Finch (R)-Jan. 3
Cassin's Finch (R)-May 16
House Finch (R)-Jan. 1
Red Crossbill (R)-Jan. 20
White-winged Crossbill (R)-Jan. 24
Common Redpoll (R)-Jan. 1
Hoary Redpoll (C)-Nov. 16
Pine Siskin (R)-Jan. 1
Lesser Goldfinch (R)-June 1
American Goldfinch (R)-Jan. 1
Evening Grosbeak (R)-Jan. 26
House Sparrow (R)-Jan. 1
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (A)

2012 is intended to be a year to explore South Dakota and learn about its birds. Whether it will also be a big year remains to be seen.