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Wildlife of Golden Gate Canyon State Park

Golden Gate Canyon State Park lies approximately 25 miles west of downtown Denver in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park consists of 11,700 acres that lies across the boundary between the western edge of Jefferson County and the eastern edge of Gilpin County. Elevations range between ...more ↓

Barn Swallow 1
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 2
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 3
Tachycineta thalassina
Cliff Swallow 4
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 5
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Molothrus ater
Baltimore Oriole 7
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 8
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 10
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 8
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 6
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 12
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 13
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 14
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 15
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 16
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 17
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 6
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 6
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 8
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 18
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 5
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 19
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 20
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 5
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 10
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 21
Vireo gilvus
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Vireo plumbeus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 22
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 23
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 24
Junco hyemalis
Lark Sparrow 20
Chondestes grammacus
American Tree Sparrow 25
Spizelloides arborea
Cassin's Sparrow 8
Peucaea cassinii
Lincoln's Sparrow 26
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 24
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 27
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 28
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 29
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 6
Pipilo chlorurus
Savannah Sparrow 30
Passerculus sandwichensis
Lazuli Bunting 31
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 8
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 6
Piranga ludoviciana
Wilson's Warbler 32
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 33
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Green Warbler 8
Setophaga nigrescens
Yellow Warbler 26
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 34
Setophaga ruticilla
Virginia's Warbler 6
Oreothlypis virginiae
MacGillivray's Warbler 35
Geothlypis tolmiei
Cedar Waxwing 36
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 2
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 37
Certhia americana
American Dipper 8
Cinclus mexicanus
American Crow 38
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 39
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 40
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 41
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 42
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 43
Nucifraga columbiana
Red Crossbill 44
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 45
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 46
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 8
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 47
Haemorhous mexicanus
Asian Rosy-Finch 48
Leucosticte arctoa
Pine Grosbeak 49
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 50
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 51
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 16
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 52
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 6
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 6
Empidonax occidentalis

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