Date: 3/29/25 10:22 am From: N Drilling via groups.io <dril0008...> Subject: [sd-birds] Day county
Yesterday (Friday) morning, I did some birding in Day County, especially around the town of Butler. Fairly early in the morning, I heard the peenting of an American Woodcock near a wetland. Hard to say whether it was thinking of breeding there or just a migrant. Flocks of migrating geese seem to be thinning out a bit. First of year birds included DC Cormorants, Tundra Swans, and Blue-winged Teal.
Mid-morning I visited the Butler cemetery where I found a nice flock of early migrant songbirds, including a Winter Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and Fox Sparrows.
I then headed to Bitter Lake but it was still about 90% frozen. However, I did see a Snowy Owl on a fencepost on the east side of the lake, the first I've seen in a long time.
