SD-Angostura+Rec.++Area


 * =Birding in South Dakota=

Fall River County
=Angostura Rec. Area= 13157 N. Angostura Road Hot Springs, SD 57747 Angostura Rec. Area web site Angostura Rec. Area map

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Angostura Rec. Area & Shep's Canyon
Coordinates: 43.3169281, -103.4094809 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Shep's Canyon
Coordinates: 43.3228049, -103.4656334 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Tips for birding Angostura Rec. Area & Shep's Canyon
State Park entrance license required for recreation areas and campgrounds. None required for Shep’s Canyon on west side. Parking, vault toilet and comfort station available at the campgrounds. No road circles the reservoir. One must drive into each side from surrounding roads, so a trip to all sides of the reservoir can take several hours. East side is good during migration and winter when water is open. South side offers parking and easy view of that end of the reservoir. Blue Grosbeak, migrant songbirds. At the reservoir, Horned Grebe, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, many gulls and terns, waterfowl, sparrows. In Shep’s Canyon, Bald Eagle, Canyon Wren, Eastern Screech-Owl, American Tree Sparrow in winter, many songbirds, raptors, Lewis’s Woodpecker, Northern Shrike. Rarities: Pinyon Jay, Red-necked Grebe, Black and White-winged scoters. Black-legged Kittiwake, Pacific and Red-throated loons, plus Sabine’s and Mew gulls have been seen here once or twice. From [|Black Hills, Badlands, and Lakes Birding Trail by SD Game, Fish, and Parks]
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About Angostura Rec. Area & Shep's Canyon
4,600-acre reservoir along the Cheyenne River. Surrounded mostly by mixed-grass prairie, scattered sagebrush, a few areas of pines, riparian woodland, deciduous shrubs, plus mudflats. At Shep’s Canyon, cottonwoods and shelterbelt plantings, pines, wooded draws. From [|Black Hills, Badlands, and Lakes Birding Trail by SD Game, Fish, and Parks]



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