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Killdeer brooding on eggs, Vermillion, SD. Roll mouse over the image to see the two eggs, which are hard to distinguish from the rocks. (July 15 & 10, 2006)
The same Killdeer standing guard at the "nest" next to the driveway. It (she) would squeak loudly and make threatening gestures whenever we approached, and was also amazingly determined and/or patient, staying weeks beyond the likely incubation period. (July 10, 2006)
Red-headed woodpecker, S of Burbank, SD. (July 13, 2006)
Cedar waxwing, at Clay County Park, SD. (Aug. 2004)
Kingbird, at Clay County Park, SD. (July 13, 2006)
Great crested flycatcher, at Mulberry Point Overlook, NEBRASKA. (July 10, 2006) -- video freeze frame
Barn swallow, at Blackbird scenic overlook, NEBRASKA. (July 11, 2006)
Sedge wren, Spirit Mound, N of Vermillion, SD. (Aug. 2004)
Marsh wren, NE of Vermillion, SD. (Aug. 2004)
Warbling vireo, at Clay County Park, SD. (Aug. 2004)
Bell's vireo, at Missouri River, SE of Burbank. (July 13, 2006)
Common yellowthroat (M), NE of Vermillion. (Aug. 2004)
Dickcissel, near Volin, SD. (July 8, 2006)
Lark sparrow, S of Burbank, SD. (July 13, 2006)
Baltimore Oriole (adult male), Adams Homestead Nature Preserve, SD. (July 10, 2006) -- video freeze frame
Orchard Oriole (adult male), Clay County Park, SD. (July 15, 2006)
Orchard Oriole (1st year male), Clay County Park, SD. (July 15, 2006)
Juvenile ospreys resting at their feeding/shelter boxes in Clay County Park. They were recently transported to South Dakota from northern Idaho by the Wildlife Experiences organization. (Aug. 2004) Unfortunately, this facility was not used in 2006 because of a lack of volunteers in the Vermillion area.
