20. Sica Hollow State Park — Roberts County


Habitat 800-acre eastern deciduous woodland on edge of the Prairie Coteau. Steep hillsides and open meadows. Native stand of sugar maples.


Look for these birds Veery, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Least Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Purple Finch. Rarity: Pileated Woodpecker


Best birding months April through October State Park entrance license required. No snow remov- al on park roads late fall through early spring. (T)


Tips Trails and roads throughout park. Look for an interpretive trail near the east entrance off U.S. Hwy 12. The steep hills of this area where the Coteau drops down to the prairie were called “Mountains of the Prairie” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his epic poem, ”Hiawatha.”


Contact Park Supervisor, Roy Lake State Park, 11545 Northside Drive, Lake City, SD 57247 (605) 448-5701 RoyLake@state.sd.us


Right: Veery


Mike Hopiak,


Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology


Below:


Least Flycatcher Loren Hansen


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