Date: 4/29/26 1:51 pm
From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...>
Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. April 29, 2026
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
April 29, 2026 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 38 End: 50 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 2
Cloud Cover: 75% cloudy with break out sun Weather: fast changing sky
of clouds/sun
SPECIES: 29 INDIVIDUALS: 362

Canada Goose 45 - includes 14 goslings 2 ON
Wood Duck 13
Blue-winged Teal 4
Gadwall 17
Mallard 36
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 5
Rock Pigeon 7
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1 FOS
Great Blue Heron 43 ON CN
Turkey Vulture 13
Osprey 2 C ON
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15 FOS
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 11
American Robin 18
House Sparrow 35
House Finch 14
Song Sparrow 3
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1 FOS
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 19
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 FOS
Yellow-rumped Warbler 26


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