Date: 4/15/24 3:22 pm From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...> Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Survey, RC, Pennington Co. April 15, 2024
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
April 15, 2024 6:45 AM – 9:35 AM
Surveyors: Muriel Anderson, LoRayne Baker, Rachel Benton, Laural Bidwell,
Judy Hengen, Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 49 End: 62 Wind(Beaufort Scale): Start: 0
End: 2
Cloud Cover: 100% Weather: mild, cloudy
SPECIES: 35 INDIVIDUALS: 426
Canada Goose 24 ON
Wood Duck 10
Blue-winged Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 1
Gadwall 12
Mallard 19
Green-winged Teal 5
Ring-necked Duck 1
Common Merganser 5
Rock Pigeon 14
Eurasian Collared Dove 6
Mourning Dove 3
Killdeer 1
Great Blue Heron 31 CN ON
*Glossy Ibis* 1 (seen at 7:10 AM flying over Park Dr bridge into
Meadowbrook Golf Course)
Turkey Vulture 14
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 69
American Robin 27 CN
Cedar Waxwing 22
House Sparrow 37
House Finch 16
American Goldfinch 12
Song Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 18
Common Grackle 39
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
