Little Pee Dee State Park
Robin Carter
Directions
From the intersection of SC 9 and SC 57 in Dillon go southeast on SC 57 for 11 miles. Here turn left (northeast) onto Road 22, State Park Road, and go 3 miles to the park entrance on your right (east).
Birds to look for
Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Ring-necked Duck (w), Hooded Merganser (w), Ruddy Duck (w), Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Anhinga (s), Least Bittern (s), Osprey, American Coot (w), Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (w), Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Blue-headed Vireo (w), White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown-headed Nuthatch, Brown Creeper (w), Winter Wren (w), Orange-crowned Warbler (w), Northern Parula (s), Yellow-throated Warbler (s), Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler (w), Black-and-white Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler (s), Worm-eating Warbler (s), Swainson's Warbler (s), Kentucky Warbler (s), Summer Tanager (s), Rusty Blackbird (w), American Goldfinch
Description
Little Pee Dee State Park has a variety of habitats, attracting huge numbers of birds at all seasons. There is a lake, a large beaver pond (with breeding Least Bitterns), oak-pine woods, pine plantation, floodplain forest, and an interesting area of sand dune and bay thickets near the river, much of which is in the adjacent Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve.