Date: 5/4/26 1:12 pm From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...> Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. May 4, 2026
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
May 4, 2026 7:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 49 End: 52 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 2 -3,
gusts of 4
Cloud Cover: 75% cloudy start to 100% with break-out sun Weather: mostly
cloudy, windy
SPECIES: 41 INDIVIDUALS: 439
Canada Goose 71 - includes 37 young
Wood Duck 11
Northern Shoveler 2
Gadwall 3
Mallard 41
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 3
Rock Pigeon 14
Eurasian Collared-Dove 8
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2 FOS
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron 33 ON CN
Turkey Vulture 21
Osprey 2 ON
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Least Flycatcher 1 FOS
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tree Swallow 12 FOS
Violet-green Swallow 2 FOS
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 14
Barn Swallow 4 FOS
European Starling 24
Swainson’s Thrush 1 FOS
American Robin 22
Cedar Waxwing 8
House Sparrow 32
House Finch 19
American Goldfinch 5
Song Sparrow 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle 36
Northern Waterthrush 1 FOS
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 5 FOS
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
