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What a difference a day makes-- Today, Mon. the 18th, I went to Red Rock Prairie again (was there last Sat.) to see the flocks seen yesterday, Sun. the 17th. Total birds today at the prairie were: 3 meadowlarks, 10-12 Savannah Sparrow and 1 Smith's Longspur which was a fly over, but kindly showed the white tail pattern and obligingly gave the sharp rattling call, too. A flock of grackle/red-wings (15K-20K) was in a field a mile South and a Red-tailed Hawk flew over the prairie just to the south. A large falcon was seen flying overhead, probably Peregrine this far east (though we have a Prairie Falcon hanging around the quarries in Sioux Falls). Maybe all these predators kept the birds away. I walked around for an hour and a half and met 2 other gentlemen looking but not seeing. (:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:) attack of the killer Asian ladybugs: Doug Chapman --part1_13f.422e3a4.2ea5bd8c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Gen= eva" FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" SIZE=3D"2">What a difference a day makes--<BR> <BR> Today, Mon. the 18th, I went to Red Rock Prairie again (was there last Sat.)= to see the flocks seen yesterday, Sun. the 17th.<BR> <BR> Total birds today at the prairie were: 3 meadowlarks, 10-12 Savannah Sparrow= and 1 Smith's Longspur which was a fly over, but kindly showed the white ta= il pattern and obligingly gave the sharp rattling call, too. A flock of grac= kle/red-wings (15K-20K) was in a field a mile South and a Red-tailed Hawk fl= ew over the prairie just to the south. A large falcon was seen flying overhe= ad, probably Peregrine this far east (though we have a Prairie Falcon hangin= g around the quarries in Sioux Falls).<BR> <BR> Maybe all these predators kept the birds away. I walked around for an hour a= nd a half and met 2 other gentlemen looking but not seeing.<BR> <BR> (:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)(:l:)=20= attack of the killer Asian ladybugs:<BR> <BR> Doug Chapman </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" FACE=3D"Geneva" FAMILY=3D"SANSSE= RIF" SIZE=3D"2"></FONT></HTML> --part1_13f.422e3a4.2ea5bd8c_boundary--
