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Wildlife of Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Cheyenne Mountain State Park is geographically situated just south of Colorado Springs. It lies beneath the eastern flank of Cheyenne Mountain, and borders the plains of Colorado. The park occupies an important transitional zone between Great Plains grassland communities and montane coniferous ...more ↓

Western screech owl 1
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 2
Glaucidium gnoma
Mexican Spotted Owl 3
Strix occidentalis lucida
Burrowing Owl 4
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 5
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 6
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 7
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 6
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 7
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 8
Tyto alba

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