All, FYI
In case anyone wants to go out the Black Hills. Sid stivland Plymouth, MN ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Kathy DeLara" <[email protected]> To: "NEBirds" <[email protected]> Subject: [NEBirds] Fw: [sd-birds] Orange-billed Nightengale Thrush Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:21:12 -0600 I'm just forwarding these two emails in case anyone is looking for something to do this weekend Kathy DeLara Mitchell NE Apparently the bird has been singing along Iron Creek in the Black Hills. This would def be a 1st state record for SD and quite possibly the 1st record of this species outside of Texas. Eric is also of the opinion that this bird is not acting like as escapee. Hopefully it will be accepted. I believe this would be only the fourth or fifth record for the ABA area. http://nuttybirder.blogspot.com/ Eric's email address is: [email protected]. Hopefully this bird will stick around for everyone to see. I guess it's been there a few days. -- Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI ----- Original Message ----- From: Ricky D. Olson To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 8:56 AM Subject: [sd-birds] Erics email FYI- This is what Eric sent to Nancy yesterday. This is Eric Ripma, I worked for RMBO doing bird surveys all summer throughout the dakotas. I saw that you are a member of the south dakota list serve and wanted to know if you could post a sighting for me as I am not a member. It's a hard sighting to believe, I had trouble believing it myself until I finally got a good look yesterday and a good look today. Anyway it is an Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush. I had a brief look at this bird 4-5 days ago and came to the conclusion that the only bird that made sense was the Nightingale Thrush. This bird is singing frequently but is very hard to get a look at. All of the recordings that I have listened to of the species match the song almost perfectly. On the two good sightings that I have had of the bird, all of the field marks have been noted-orange bill, orange eye ring, grayish chest, and veery colored back. I have been trying to make it into something else but my last two looks have confirmed it for me. I'm not sure how often this species is kept in captivity but it seems to be a wild bird-it can fly very well and is weary of humans. The location: the bird has been in Spearfish Canyon where Iron Creek runs into Spearfish Creek which is a few miles north of Savoy. There is a large parking lot on the west side of the road with a trail that runs along Iron Creek. I have seen/heard the bird in the first 200-300 meters of the trail along Iron Creek but never farther along the creek. Many times you can hear the bird from the parking lot. I have been trying to get a photo without any luck for the past few days. I'm sure if there was more than one birder in the canyon we would have a much better chance at documenting this rarity. I'll be in the canyon the rest of the day trying to get a picture. Thanks, Eric Ripma Sharing is half the fun of birding. Ricky D. Olson Fort Pierre, SD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
