Date: 5/5/25 12:17 pm From: Judy Hengen via groups.io <judyhengen...> Subject: [sd-birds] Canyon Lake Park Survey, RC, Pennington Co. May 5, 2025
Canyon Lake Park Survey, Rapid City, Pennington County
May 5, 2025 6:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Surveyors: Rachel Benton, Laural Bidwell, Judy Hengen, Carol Johnson,
Jackie Stucky-Strom
Conditions: Temp: Start: 54 End: 67 Wind (Beaufort Scale): 0 -1
Cloud Cover: 30% Weather: Clear, warm
SPECIES: 41 INDIVIDUALS: 501
Canada Goose 63 23 goslings
Wood Duck 6
Blue-winged Teal 6
Gadwall 2
Mallard 27
Green-winged Teal 1
Common Merganser 8
Rock Pigeon 17
Eurasian-Collared Dove 19 1 ON
Mourning Dove 3
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Great Blue Heron 19 CN and ON
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 3 ON
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 3
Western Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 5
European Starling 43
American Robin 25
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Sparrow 74
House Finch 28
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 5
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Spotted Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 47
Common Grackle 36
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
