Black Hills Audubon Society: Hummingbirds Near Rapid City, South Dakota

Chapter details

Name: Black Hills Audubon Society

City or listed area: Rapid City, South Dakota

Hummingbirds near Rapid City

The existing state species guide lists Ruby-throated and Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Statewide occurrence is not a guarantee of a sighting in any particular city.

• Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
• Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Approved reader sightings

The state migration guide gives typical arrival as Mid-April – early May and departure as Mid – late September. Arrival tracks the 55°F isotherm as it moves north.

No approved reader sightings are stored for South Dakota in this snapshot. Help add a report on the migration map.

• Migration map and sighting reports

Nearby Trail gardens

Chapter county and coordinates are not stored. These listings are in South Dakota; distance from Rapid City is not verified.

• McCrory Gardens and South Dakota State Arboretum — Brookings
• Great Plains Zoo (Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium) — Sioux Falls
• Crazy Horse Memorial® — Crazy Horse
• Terrace Park & Japanese Gardens — Sioux Falls

Plants for this region

• Regional plant guides (no exact region guide stored for this state)

Other chapters in South Dakota

• South Dakota Ornithologists' Union — Statewide
• Audubon Dakota — South Dakota — Sioux Falls

Help track hummingbirds

Seen a hummingbird in Rapid City? Share its location, species and date. Reports are reviewed before they appear on the map.

• Report a hummingbird sighting
• All chapters in South Dakota

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