Date: 10/8/25 11:52 am From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...> Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. Oct. 8, 2025
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
October 8, 2025 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 38 End: 59 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 0-1
Cloud Cover: 10% Weather: sunny and cold (frost) to warming
SPECIES: 24 INDIVIDUALS: 417
Canada Goose 95 (1 dead on the spillway)
Wood Duck 8
Gadwall 32
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 69
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 12
Rock Pigeon 49
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
American Coot 10
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 5
Blue Jay 5
European Starling 48
Townsend’s Solitaire 2
American Robin 8
House Sparrow 46
Song Sparrow 1
Common Grackle 15
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
