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2013 BIG YEAR A - Pennington Co. Day-by-day - begins January 1

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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)
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Up-to-date as of December 31st

Pennington County, SD

A day-by-day sighting first of year sighting list

January 1
1. Wild Turkey
2. Canada Goose
3. Mallard
4. Bufflehead
5. Common Merganser
6. Common Goldeneye
7. House Sparrow
8. Bald Eagle
9. Northern Pintail
10. American Wigeon
11. Ring-necked Duck
12. American Coot
13. Cackling Goose
14. Killdeer
15. American Crow
16. Redhead
17. Lesser Scaup
18. Rock Pigeon
19. European Starling
20. Gadwall
21. Hooded Merganser
22. Great Blue Heron
23. Northern Flicker
24. Black-capped Chickadee
25. Brown Creeper
26. Golden-crowned Kinglet
27. White-breasted Nuthatch
28. Blue Jay
29. Lewis's Woodpecker
30. Red-breasted Nuthatch
31. House Finch
32. Dark-eyed Junco
33. Downy Woodpecker
34. Cedar Waxwing
35. Eurasian Collared-Dove
36. Wilson's Snipe
37. Song Sparrow
38. Belted Kingfisher
39. Red-tailed Hawk
40. American Goldfinch
41. Townsend's Solitaire
42. American Robin
43. Hairy Woodpecker
44. Golden Eagle
45. Canyon Wren
46. Common Redpoll
47. Black-billed Magpie
48. American Kestrel
49. Rough-legged Hawk
50. Wood Duck
January 2
51. American Tree Sparrow
January 3
52. Horned Lark
53. Sharp-tailed Grouse
54. Snow Bunting
55. Lapland Longspur
January 4
56. Short-eared Owl
57. Snowy Owl
58. Great Horned Owl
January 6
59. Northern Harrier
January 16
60. Northern Shoveler
January 17
61. Prairie Falcon
January 18
62. Pygmy Nuthatch
63. Merlin
January 28
64. Sharp-shinnned Hawk
February 1
65. Red Crossbill
66. White-winged Crossbill
67. Pine Siskin
February 4
68. Eastern Screech-Owl
February 8
69. Northern Shrike
February 13
70. Gray Partridge
February 15
71. Bohemian Waxwing
February 16
72. Ferruginous Hawk
March 14
73. Northern Cardinal
74. Western Meadowlark
March 15
75. Red-winged Blackbird
March 18
76. Green-winged Teal
March 20
77. Mountain Bluebird
March 27
78. Canvasback
March 29
79. Evening Grosbeak
March 31
80. Ring-billed Gull
81. California Gull
April 1
82. Eared Grebe
83. Turkey Vulture
April 2
84. Cooper's Hawk
April 4
85. Long-billed Curlew
April 5
86. Eastern Bluebird
87. Say's Phoebe
April 7
88. Sandhill Crane
89. American White Pelican
90. Double-crested Cormorant
91. Greater Yellowlegs
92. Blue-winged Teal
April 11
93. Yellow-headed Blackbird
94. Mourning Dove
95. Horned Grebe
April 14
96. Common Grackle
April 15
97. Red-naped Sapsucker
98. Osprey
April 19
99. Ruddy Duck
100. Western Grebe
101. Lesser Yellowlegs
102. Cinnamon Teal
103. Ring-necked Pheasant
April 20
104. Black-crowned Night-Heron
105. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
April 21
106. Loggerhead Shrike
107. Chestnut-collared Longspur
April 23
108. Brown-headed Cowbird
April 24
109. Yellow-rumped Warbler
 April 25
110. Franklin's Gull
111. Trumpeter Swan
112. American Avocet
113. Marbled Godwit
April 26
114. Hermit Thrush
115. Lincoln's Sparrow
116. Swainson's Hawk
117. Burrowing  Owl
118. Willet
119. Vesper Sparrow
120. White-crowned Sparrow 
April 29
121. Chipping Sparrow
122. Tree Swallow
123. Orange-crowned Warbler
124. Marsh Wren
125. White-throated Swift
126. Barn Swallow
127. Common Yellowthroat
128. Savannah Sparrow
129. Wilson's Phalarope
130. Semipalmated Sandpiper
131. Baird's Sandpiper
132. American Pipit
133. Spotted Towhee
May 1
134. Solitary Sandpiper
135. Violet-green Swallow
136. Rough-winged Swallow
137. Brewer's Blackbird
138. Common Loon
May 2
139. Semipalmated Plover
140. Cliff Swallow
141. Least Sandpiper
142. Bonaparte's Gull
May 4
143. Lark Sparrow
144. Pied-billed Grebe
May 6
145. Spotted Sandpiper
146. Black-and-white Warbler
147. Clay-colored Sparrow
148. Upland Sandpiper
149. Field Sparrow
150. Long-billed Dowitcher
151. Forster's Tern
May 7
152. Harris's Sparrow
May 8
153. Yellow Warbler
154. Black-headed Grosbeak
155. Lark Bunting
156. Western Kingbird
157. Brown Thrasher
May 9
158. Gray Jay
159. Black-backed Woodpecker
160. House Wren
161. Eastern Kingbird
May 10
162. Northern Waterthrush
163. Swainson's Thrush
164. Least Flycatcher
165. Palm Warbler
May 12
166. Dusky Flycatcher
167. Blackpoll Warbler
May 13
168. Peregrine Falcon
169. Gray Catbird
170. American Three-Toed Woodpecker
May 14
171. Chimney Swift
172. Bobolink
173. Black Tern
174. Bell's Vireo
175. Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
176. Bullock's Oriole
177. Orchard Oriole
May 15
178. Warbling Vireo
179. Baltimore Oriole
180. Western Tanager
181. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
182. Brewer's Sparrow
183. Yellow-breasted Chat
May 16
184. Ovenbird
185. American Redstart
May 17
186. Northern Mockingbird
187. Stilt Sandpiper
188. Snow Goose
May 19
189. Red-necked Phalarope
May 20
190. Willow Flycatcher
191. Tennessee Warbler
192. Prothonotary Warbler
May 21
193. Indigo Bunting
194. Lazuli Bunting
195. White-throated Sparrow
196. Red-eyed Vireo
May 22
197. Golden-winged Warbler
198. Western Wood-Pewee
199. Wilson's Warbler
200. Sanderling
201. Eastern Phoebe
May 23
202. Cassin's Finch
203. Magnolia Warbler
May 24
204. Red-headed Woodpecker
205. Rock Wren
206. Grasshopper Sparrow
207. Blue Grosbeak
208. Great Crested Flycatcher
May 25
209. Common Nighthawk
May 27
210. Sora
211. Nashville Warbler
May 28
212. White-rumped Sandpiper
213. Pectoral Sandpiper
214. Black-billed Cuckoo
May 29
215. Blackburnian Warbler
May 30
216. Alder Flycatcher (vocalized)
217. Plumbeous Vireo
June 3
218. Cordilleran Flycatcher
June 10
219. Dickcissel

 

June 17
220. MacGillivray's Warbler
June 20
221. Common Poorwill
June 22
222. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
July 5
223. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
July 17
224. Lesser Goldfinch

July 18
225. Clark's Nutcracker
August 15
226. Rufous Hummingbird
227. Broad-winged Hawk
August 16
228. Sedge Wren
August 31
229. Blue-headed Vireo
September 3
230. Anna's Hummingbird
September 4
231. Olive-sided Flycatcher
September 6
232. Northern Goshawk
September 9
233. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
September 26
234. Clark's Grebe
235. Black Scoter
October 19
236. Red-necked Grebe
October 30
237. Herring Gull
November 6
238. White-fronted Goose
November 19
239. Long-tailed Duck
November 20
240. Ross's Goose
November 26
241. Purple Finch
December 30
242. Winter Wren (or Pacific)

 

 

My first ever county big year