Date: 6/8/26 6:07 pm From: jociebaker115 via groups.io <jociebaker115...> Subject: Re: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. June 8, 2026
Great survey! Jocie
From: Judy Hengen <judyhengen...>
Sent: Monday, June 8, 2026 1:08 PM
To: <sd-birds...>
Subject: Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. June 8, 2026
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
June 8, 2026 5:30 AM – 9:05 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Laural Bidwell, Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 58 End: 65 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 1
Cloud Cover: 100% clear Weather: clear, sunny
SPECIES: 39 INDIVIDUALS: 711
Canada Goose 111 (includes 6 young)
Wood Duck 23 (includes 14 ducklings)
Mallard 65 (includes 22 ducklings)
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 6 (includes 3 ducklings)
Rock Pigeon 7
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6
Mourning Dove 5
White-throated Swift 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Great Blue Heron 51 (combined young and active adults CF)
Turkey Vulture 69
Osprey 2 CF CN (movement from female ON)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 4
Western Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 11
Barn Swallow 17
Cliff Swallow 72 CN
European Starling 54 (combined fledglings and adults)
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 20 (includes 3 fledglings)
Cedar Waxwing 4
House Sparrow 51
House Finch 14
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 31 ON A T
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 56 ON (combined fledglings and adults) A
Northern Yellow Warbler 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
