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Wildlife of Steamboat and Pearl Lake State Parks

Steamboat Lake and Pearl Lake State Parks are located in Routt County, 27 miles north of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Steamboat Lake State Park is 2,820-acre (1,140 ha), established west of Hahns Peak in 1967, including a 1,101 acres (446 ha) reservoir. Park facilities include a visitors ...more ↓

Boreal Toad 1
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Boreal Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris maculata
Western Chorus Frog 3
Pseudacris triseriata
Western Tiger Salamander 4
Ambystoma mavortium
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 5
Thamnophis elegans
Lewis's Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 7
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 8
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Downy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 10
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech-Owl 11
Megascops kennicottii
Great Horned Owl 12
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 13
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14
Aegolius acadicus
Belted Kingfisher 15
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 16
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 17
Zenaida macroura
Sora 18
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 19
Rallus limicola
American Coot 20
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 21
Antigone canadensis
Greater Sandhill Crane 13
Antigone canadensis tabida
Turkey Vulture 22
Cathartes aura
Sharp-tailed Grouse 23
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Dusky Grouse 24
Dendragapus obscurus
Lesser Yellowlegs 25
Tringa flavipes
Wilson's Snipe 26
Gallinago delicata
Marbled Godwit 27
Limosa fedoa
Spotted Sandpiper 28
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 29
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 30
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 31
Larus argentatus
California Gull 32
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 33
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 34
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 35
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 36
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 13
Gavia immer
Eared Grebe 11
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 18
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 37
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 38
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 39
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 40
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 18
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 41
Nycticorax nycticorax
American Kestrel 42
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 13
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 43
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 44
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 45
Selasphorus rufus
White-throated Swift 46
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 14
Mareca americana
Gadwall 42
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 47
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 48
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 14
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 49
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 50
Anas crecca
Mallard 51
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 14
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 6
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 52
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 53
Aythya affinis
Redhead 54
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 14
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 13
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 11
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 55
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 56
Aix sponsa
Osprey 18
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 13
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 57
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 58
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 59
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 60
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 61
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 62
Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk 13
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 63
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 64
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Purple Martin 65
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 66
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 14
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 67
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 13
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 68
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 69
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Molothrus ater
Western Meadowlark 42
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 70
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 71
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 72
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 42
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 73
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 13
Poecile gambeli
Red-breasted Nuthatch 74
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 9
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 75
Sturnus vulgaris
Rock Wren 13
Salpinctes obsoletus

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