Amazing grasslands with lots of great birding and wildlife sightings!
We wanted to go to the grasslands to try to find a burrowing owl which ended up being difficult to find by car. We didn't want to walk in the grasslands because of the rattlesnakes and fleas but we ha...
The backroads in this area provide ample opportunities for birding by car. The lack of light pollution also makes it a great spot for star / moon photography.
We went to the local ranger office in Fort Pierre and picked up a good map of the grassland, a must for exploration. After talking to a helpful ranger, we mapped out a route to see some wildlife. Th...
Driving through the SE US
never saw a pheasant, SD, Iowa, Missouri .I was a grad student in SDSU in the late 1990's. Loved to hunt the grasslands with our dogs for all birds.
Amazing grasslands with lots of great birding and wildlife sightings!
We wanted to go to the grasslands to try to find a burrowing owl which ended up being difficult to find by car. We didn't want to walk in the grasslands because of the rattlesnakes and fleas but we ha...
Not really a grassland
We drove through and found the "grassland" to be heavily farmed. Hay, sorgum, corn and cows. No actual native grasslands and not a lot of wildlife
Great for birding and night photography
The backroads in this area provide ample opportunities for birding by car. The lack of light pollution also makes it a great spot for star / moon photography.
Grasslands
We went to the local ranger office in Fort Pierre and picked up a good map of the grassland, a must for exploration. After talking to a helpful ranger, we mapped out a route to see some wildlife. Th...