• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

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  • Elk Mountain Campground Closed

    The Elk Mountain Campground is closed and will remain closed through the summer of 2013 due to across the board budget cuts.

Birds - Brown-headed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
NPS Photo by Jim Pisarowicz
 
Brown-headed Cowbirds lay their eggs in the nests of other birds who raise their young for them.

Did You Know?

Prairie Dog Barking

Lewis and Clark, while on their journey up the Missouri River in 1804, noted that this "wild dog of the prairie...appears here in infinite numbers." More...