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Plants and Animals of Sylvan Lake State Park

Sylvan Lake State Park encompasses a total of 1,574 acres of the area 10 miles south of the town of Eagle, Colorado. The park is situated within the White River National Forest, encompassing almost 4 miles of East Brush Creek and about 5½ miles along West Brush Creek. Adam Mountain (11,144 ft) ...more ↓

Northern Flicker 1
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 2
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Downy Woodpecker 3
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Dryobates villosus
Great Horned Owl 5
Bubo virginianus
Turkey Vulture 6
Cathartes aura
Dusky Grouse 7
Dendragapus obscurus
Spotted Sandpiper 8
Actitis macularius
Killdeer 9
Charadrius vociferus
Eared Grebe 10
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 11
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron 11
Ardea herodias
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 12
Selasphorus platycercus
Green-winged Teal 13
Anas crecca
Mallard 14
Anas platyrhynchos
Redhead 15
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 16
Aythya collaris
Canada Goose 17
Branta canadensis
Osprey 18
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 7
Aquila chrysaetos
Sharp-shinned Hawk 19
Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk 20
Buteo jamaicensis
Bald Eagle 21
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Tree Swallow 16
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 22
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 23
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Molothrus ater
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Agelaius phoeniceus
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 7
Poecile gambeli
Red-breasted Nuthatch 25
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Sitta carolinensis
House Wren 7
Troglodytes aedon
American Robin 26
Turdus migratorius
Swainson's Thrush 27
Catharus ustulatus
Townsend's Solitaire 28
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 29
Vireo gilvus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30
Regulus calendula
Dark-eyed Junco 31
Junco hyemalis
Lincoln's Sparrow 32
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 31
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 18
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 33
Passerella iliaca
Green-tailed Towhee 7
Pipilo chlorurus
Lazuli Bunting 34
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 18
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Wilson's Warbler 35
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 36
Setophaga coronata
Yellow Warbler 32
Setophaga petechia
MacGillivray's Warbler 37
Geothlypis tolmiei
American Dipper 18
Cinclus mexicanus
American Crow 38
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 39
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 40
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 41
Pica hudsonia
Clark's Nutcracker 10
Nucifraga columbiana
Pine Siskin 42
Spinus pinus
Cassin's Finch 18
Haemorhous cassinii
Olive-sided Flycatcher 43
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 44
Contopus sordidulus
Dusky Flycatcher 7
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 7
Empidonax occidentalis
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 45
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 46
Marmota flaviventris
American Beaver 47
Castor canadensis
Moose 48
Alces alces
Mule Deer 49
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 50
Cervus canadensis
Rainbow Trout 51
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Northwestern Fritillary 52
Speyeria hesperis
Garden Tiger 53
Arctia caja
Western Tent Caterpillar Moth 54
Malacosoma californica
field horsetail 55
Equisetum arvense
Rocky Mountain Juniper 56
Juniperus scopulorum
common juniper 57
Juniperus communis
Lodgepole Pine 58
Pinus contorta
ponderosa pine 59
Pinus ponderosa
common Douglas-fir 60
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Subalpine Fir 10
Abies lasiocarpa
Engelmann spruce 61
Picea engelmannii
Blue Spruce 62
Picea pungens
Red Clover 63
Trifolium pratense
white clover 64
Trifolium repens
black medick 65
Medicago lupulina
yellow sweet clover 65
Melilotus officinalis
silvery lupine 66
Lupinus argenteus
American Vetch 67
Vicia americana
Mountain goldenbean 68
Thermopsis montana
woodland strawberry 69
Fragaria vesca
large-leaved avens 59
Geum macrophyllum
American red raspberry 70
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Woods' rose 71
Rosa woodsii
alder-leaved mountain-mahogany 72
Cercocarpus montanus
western serviceberry 73
Amelanchier alnifolia
chokecherry 70
Prunus virginiana
stinging nettle 74
Urtica dioica
Canadian buffalo-berry 75
Shepherdia canadensis
Kinnikinnick 76
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
scarlet gilia 77
Ipomopsis aggregata

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