Date: 5/10/26 2:50 pm
From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...>
Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. May 10, 2026
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
May 10, 2026 6:50 AM – 11:15 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 49 End: 60 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 0-2
Cloud Cover: 0% cloudy start to 50% partly Weather: partly cloudy, sunny,
warm
SPECIES: 50 INDIVIDUALS: 612

Canada Goose 64 (includes 22 young) 1 goose ON
Wood Duck 16
Blue-winged Teal 6
Gadwall 2
Mallard 46 (includes 5 ducklings)
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 3
Rock Pigeon 12
Eurasian Collared-Dove 9
Killdeer 3 N A
Spotted Sandpiper 13
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Great Blue Heron 39 CN ON
Turkey Vulture 45
Osprey 2 ON CN
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Violet-green Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 8
Cliff Swallow 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 13 CN
Swainson’s Thrush 4
American Robin 21 CN
Cedar Waxwing 17
House Sparrow 59 CN
House Finch 27
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1 FOS
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Lark Sparrow 1 FOS
Song Sparrow 8
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 32 CN ON
Common Grackle 31
Northern Waterthrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 13
Northern Yellow Warbler 25
Yellow-rumped Warbler 39
Black-headed Grosbeak 1


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