Date: 5/10/25 6:41 pm From: Chris Anderson via groups.io <canderson1...> Subject: [sd-birds] SFBC field trip results
Today 17 birders participated in the Sioux Falls Bird Club's monthly field trip to Newton Hills State Park. We enjoyed a warm but nice walk on the C and D trails from the horse camp, and were happy to find a Hooded Warbler again for the seventh year in a row at the park. We also got great views of a Blue-winged Warbler, and 11 other warbler species. Many Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Gray Catbirds were singing, as were Indigo Buntings and Eastern Towhees. We didn't see as many woodpeckers as we sometimes do, but we did observe a Red-headed Woodpecker and Northern Flicker setting up nests in the same snag about two feet apart from each other, so that was interesting.
Lake Lakota surprisingly had some water in it, which held some American White Pelicans and a few shorebirds. Harmodon Park back in southeast Sioux Falls was loaded with shorebirds as the drought has created quite a mudflat there. Mainly Pectoral Sandpipers, but also Hudonsian and Marbled Godwits, Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plovers, and others. A Black Tern was also there.
All in all, a great outing with 95 species by my sometimes-poor math. Thanks to all who attended!
Our next club outing will be Saturday, June 7.
Chris Anderson
Sioux Falls, SD
Full species list:
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Killdeer
Hudonsian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Stilt Sandpiper
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Black Tern
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
American White Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern House Wren
Marsh Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yelow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
