Date: 1/10/25 4:25 pm From: Vic Fondy via groups.io <treasurecreek...> Subject: [sd-birds] Belle Fourche Reservoir
We traveled to the Belle Fourche Reservoir today for birding but found the entire body of water iced over. There was lots of ice fishing activity on the ice complete with 4-wheelers and UTV's. The diversion canal was also iced over. We did find a small flock of birds feeding on the ice off shore from the RV area, but by the time I got the scope out and setup they had flown. Donna thought they might have been plovers.
Our feeders 1.5 south of Whitewood are very active as we have over a foot of snow on the ground. At times we have 30+ Juncos, 20+ House Finches, 30 Turkeys, a dozen Blue Jays plus normal numbers of other winter species. Our only new recent sighting was a Bald Eagle flying by on January 7th.
