Date: 8/4/25 1:35 pm From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...> Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. Aug. 7, 2025
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
August 7, 2025 6:30 AM – 9:40 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Laural Bidwell, Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 61 End: 76 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 1 to 0
Cloud Cover: 80% to 30% Weather: cloudy and rainy, then sunny
SPECIES: 40 INDIVIDUALS: 532
Canada Goose 35
Wood Duck 27
Mallard 141 (includes 5 babies)
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 12
Rock Pigeon 36
Eurasian collared-Dove 9
American Coot 1
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Great Blue Heron 13
Turkey Vulture 45
Osprey 5 (includes 2 fledglings, 1 not yet)
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
American Kestrel 1
Western-wood Pewee 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 24
Barn Swallow 10 (1 ON)
Cliff Swallow 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 18
Gray Catbird 2
Swainson’s Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Cedar Waxwing 14
House Sparrow 60
House Finch 11
Red Crossbill 1
American Goldfinch 6
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 16
American Redstart 2
Yellow Warbler 2
