Date: 3/16/25 7:01 am From: Vic Fondy via groups.io <treasurecreek...> Subject: [sd-birds] Bear Butte Lake and WW Report
We visited Bear Butte and area lakes Saturday afternoon. The recent warm weather opened Bear Butte Lake, except for some shore ice, along with most road side ponds. Bear Butte had Mallards, Canada Geese, Green-winged Teal, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gulls, and one mature Bald Eagle. Coopers Dam had mallards and one Bufflehead. We took gravel roads back to Whitewood with sightings limited to 1 Crow and 1 Meadowlark.
We have a large number of winter resident birds at our feeders 1.5 miles south of Whitewood, but the only new sighting since last report was a Chipping Sparrow Saturday. Whitewood Creek is still frozen over, but with large open spots.
