Date: 5/25/26 12:46 pm From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...> Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. May 25, 2026
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
May 25, 2026 6:15 AM – 9:15 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 56 End: 81 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 1
Cloud Cover: 50% cloudy Weather: bright sky, light wind, warmed
quickly!
SPECIES: 36 INDIVIDUALS: 554
Canada Goose 97 includes 47 young
Wood Duck 10
Mallard 71 includes 30 ducklings
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 18 includes 12 ducklings FOS
Rock Pigeon 7 NB CN
Eurasian Collared-Dove 7
Mourning Dove 2
White-throated Swift 1
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 9
Great Blue Heron 53 includes 19 nestlings
Turkey Vulture 46
Osprey 2 ON CF T
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tee Swallow 5
Violet-green Swallow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 12
Cliff Swallow 13 FOS
European Starling 26 CN
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 18 CN FY
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Sparrow 46 ON
House Finch 21
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 13 ON
Common Grackle 43
Northern Yellow Warbler 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
