South Dakota

Birding Custer State Park

Birding by Region, Birding the Midwest, Explore / BWD Magazine

“Where can we find three-toed and black-backed woodpeckers?” We were at Custer State Park, South Dakota. Three-toed and black-backed woodpeckers are on the park bird list. But we hadn’t found them, though we’d been in the park four days. Now, however, we were talking to the park naturalist, the person who should be most likely […]

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Seeking South Dakota’s Birds

Birding by Region, Birding the Midwest, Explore / W.H. (Chip) Gross

Prior to 2004 I’d never been to South Dakota, but that year a series of unrelated events took me to the Mount Rushmore State three times within an eight-month period. My spring trip was strictly for birding, the summer visit included camping and outdoor photography, and the fall excursion was a hunting trip. All three

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