SD-Cascade+Springs


 * =Birding in South Dakota=

Fall River County
=Cascade Springs & Whitney Preserve= Whitney Preserve 28077 Cascade Road, Hot Springs, SD 57747 Cascade Springs web site Whitney Preserve web site Cascade Springs & Whitney Preserve map media type="custom" key="26960574"

Cascade Springs
Coordinates: 43.3347926, -103.5508633 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Whitney Preserve
Coordinates: 43.3387879, -103.5549402 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Cascade Springs & Whitney Preserve
From "Nutty Birder Website

From the Whitney Preserve parking area, walk the nature trail about 1⁄4 mile to the springs. Cascade Springs has paved trails around the springs. BIRDS TO LOOK FOR: Riparian woodland birds, juniper shrub birds, raptors, woodpeckers, kingfishers, songbirds in migration, White-throated Swift, Townsend’s Solitaire in winter. Wilson’s Snipe, Lazuli Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chat at Cascade Springs. Northern Harrier, Mountain Bluebird, Marsh Wren at the falls. Bullock’s Oriole in the pines above the spring, also Dark- eyed (White-winged) Junco, Chipping Sparrow, Red-breasted Nuthatch and Pine Siskin. Green-winged Teal, American Kestrel, Wood Duck, White-throated Swift, Hairy Woodpecker, Mountain Bluebird at Whitney Preserve. Rarity: Lesser Goldfinch at Keith; Winter Wren or possibly Pacific Wren, late fall and early winter at the Whitney Preserve’s hot springs. From [|Black Hills, Badlands, and Lakes Birding Trail by SD Game, Fish, and Parks]

About Cascade Springs & Whitney Preserve
Cascade Creek in southwestern South Dakota originates at Cascade Springs, the largest single springs in the Black Hills with water emerging at 22.5 cubic ft (0.6 cubic m) per second at a constant 67º F (19.4º C) from six known discharge points (Hornbeck et al. 2003). The Black Hills National Forest manages land adjacent to Cascade Creek in two areas: J.H. Keith Park Cascade Springs Picnic Ground and Cascade Falls Picnic Ground, located approximately 6 and 8 miles, respectively, south of Hot Springs, South Dakota on SD Highway 71. The Black Hills National Forest picnic areas are surrounded by private land and The Nature Conservancy’s Whitney Preserve. From [|Cascade Springs Website] Whitney Preserve is adjacent to beautiful Cascade Springs, the largest perennial spring and one of only two warm springs found in the Black Hills. The preserve, named for Nathaniel and Mary Whitney, conservation pioneers in South Dakota, includes three miles of Cascade Creek just below its source, Cascade Springs. During daylight hours, visitors also can walk along a nature trail that is one of the best places in the Black Hills to see birds. From [|Whitney Preserve Website]



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