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2012 - South Dakota - Day by Day

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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

This is a chronological list of first sightings of bird species in 2012

This is up-to-date as of February 22nd

(location first seen follows species name; any species with no location given was seen at the same location as species listed above it) 
January 1
1. American Crow - Spearfish (Lawrence Co.)
2. European Starling - Kerwin Rd. (Lawrence Co.)
3. Sharp-tailed Grouse
4. American Robin
5. Dark-eyed Junco .
6. Blue Jay
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Northern Flicker
9. Black-billed Magpie
10. Common Redpoll - Lookout Mt. Rd. (Lawrence Co.)
11. House Finch - Johnson Rd. (Lawrence Co.)
12. American Goldfinch
13. Pine Siskin
14. Red-tailed Hawk
15. Wild Turkey
16. Bald Eagle -Lookout Mt. Rd. (Lawrence Co.)
17. Rough-legged Hawk
18. Mallard
19. Common Goldeneye
20. Red-winged Blackbird - Lookout Mt. Rd. (Butte Co.)
21. Rock Pigeon
22. Ring-necked Pheasant
23. House Sparrow
24. White-breasted Nuthatch
25. American Tree Sparrow
26. Horned Lark - Wagon Box Rd. (Butte Co.)
27. Belted Kingfisher - 114 n. of 34 (Lawrence Co.)
28. Brown Creeper - St. Onge (Lawrence Co.)
29. Downy Woodpecker
30. Eurasian Collared-Dove
31. Hairy Woodpecker
32. Sharp-shinned Hawk
33. Northern Shrike - St. Onge Rd. (Lawrence Co.)
34. American Kestrel
35. Lewis's Woodpecker
36. Townsend's Solitaire
37. Cedar Waxwing
January 2
38. Bufflehead - Canyon Lk (Pennington Co.)
39. Canada Goose
40. Common Merganser
41. Harlequin Duck
42. American Coot
43. Gadwall
44. Hooded Merganser
45. Canvasback
46. Cackling Goose
47. American Wigeon
48. Redhead
49. Ring-necked Duck
50. Lesser Scaup
51. Golden-crowned Kinglet
52. Wood Duck
53. Red-breasted Nuthatch - Piedmont (Meade)
54. Killdeer - Woodle Pk, Sturgis (Meade)
55. Green-winged Teal
56. Golden Eagle - Bear Butte SP (Meade)
57. Great Horned Owl - Elk Vale Rd. (Meade)
January 3
58. Northern Harrier - Draper (Jones)
59. Greater Prairie-Chicken - Co. Line Rd. (Stanley)
60. Prairie Falcon
61. Ferruginous Hawk
62. Snowy Owl
63. American Black Duck - Pierre (Hughes)
64. Purple Finch - Hiddenwood Lk SP (Walworth)
January 4
65. Long-eared Owl - Hiddenwood Lk SP (Walworth)
66. Bohemian Waxwing
67. Pine Grosbeak
January 5
68. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch - Bear Butte (Meade)
January 6
69. Northern Cardinal - Rapid City (Pennington)
January 7
70. Western Meadowlark - on highway 18 (Bennett)
71. Trumpeter Swan - LaCreek NWR (Bennett)
72. Cooper's Hawk - Rapid City (home)(Pennington)
January 8
73. Song Sparrow - Rapid City, near Jackson Park (Pennington)
January 9
74. Mourning Dove - Rapid City, behind home yard (Pennington)
January 10
75. Pygmy Nuthatch - Nemo Rd. (Lawrence)
76. Canyon Wren - Nemo Rd. (Pennington)
January 13
77. Ring-billed Gull - Fort Randall (Charles Mix Co.)
78. Herring Gull
79. Glaucous Gull
80. Franklin's Gull
January 14
81. California Gull - Fort Randall (Gregory Co.)
82. Northern Pintail - Chamberlain (Brule Co.)
83. Ross's Goose
84. Snow Goose
85. Greater White-fronted Goose
86. Short-eared Owl - Co. Line Rd. (Stanley Co.)
January 16
87. Northern Shoveler - Canyon Lake (Pennington Co.)
January 19
88. Barrow's Goldeneye - Fort Randall (Charles Mix Co.)
89. Red-breasted Merganser
90. Lapland Longspur - Otumwa Rd. (Haakon Co.)
January 20
91. Gray Jay - Custer SP (Custer Co.)
92. Red Crossbill
January 24
93. Varied Thrush - Huron (Beadle  Co.)
94. Snow Bunting - e. of DeSmet (Kingsbury Co.)
95. White-winged Crossbill - Greenwood Cemetery (Brookings Co.)
January 26
96. Evening Grosbeak - home in mts. near Spearfish (Lawrence Co.)
97. American Dipper - Spearfish Canyon (Lawrence Co.)
98. Chipping Sparrow - Piedmont (Meade Co.)
99. Pinyon Jay - Piedmont (Meade Co.)
January 30
100. Eastern Screech-Owl - Rapid City (Pennington Co.)
January 31
101. Gray Partridge - SD20 (Harding Co.)
February 2
102. Black-backed Woodpecker - Custer SP (Custer Co.)
103. Clark's Nutcracker - Sylvan Lk. (Custer Co.)
February 4
104. Merlin - Sage Creek Rd. (Pennington Co.)
February 9
105. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Hartford Beach SP (Roberts Co.)
106. Pileated Woodpecker
February 11
107. Thayer's Gull - Oahe (Stanley Co.)
108. Iceland Gull
109. Greater Scaup - Foggy Bottom along Mo. R. (Stanley Co.)
110. Brewer's Blackbird - n. of Sheriff Dam (Jones Co.)
111. Brown-headed Cowbird
112. Yellow-headed Blackbird
February 16
113. Eastern Bluebird - Pickstown (Charles Mix Co.)
114. Long-tailed Duck - Ft. Randall Dam (Charles Mix Co.)
February 22
115. Wilson's Snipe - Woodle Park (Meade Co.)
116. Virginia Rail - McNenny Fish Hatchery (Lawrence Co.)