Date: 9/18/26 12:42 pm From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...> Subject: [sd-birds] Outdoor Campus West Survey, RC, Pennington Co. Sept. 18, 2026
Outdoor Campus West Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
September 18, 2026 6:45 AM – 10:25 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Laural Bidwell, Judy Hengen
Conditions: Temp: Start: 59 End: 63 Wind (Beaufort Scale): Wind
0-1
Cloud Cover: 100% FOG Weather: total fog, gray light, wet after
night rain
SPECIES: 38 INDIVIDUALS: 220
Canada Goose 3
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 17
Rock Pigeon 11
Eurasian Collared-Dove 16
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 5
Western-wood Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 35
Townsend’s Solitaire 11
Swainson’s Thrush 1
American Robin 21
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 12
House Sparrow 6
House Finch 9
Red Crossbill 7
American Goldfinch 3
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Common Grackle 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Wilson’s Warbler 4
Western Tanager 1
