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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 ↓

Alfalfa Looper 1
Autographa californica
Alydus scutellatus 2
American Avocet 3
Recurvirostra americana
American Badger 4
Taxidea taxus
American Beaver 5
Castor canadensis
American Black Bear 6
Ursus americanus
American Coot 7
Fulica americana
American Crow 8
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Goldfinch 9
Spinus tristis
American Kestrel 10
Falco sparverius
American Marten 11
Martes americana
American Mink 12
Neovison vison
American Pika 13
Ochotona princeps
American Pygmy Shrew 14
Sorex hoyi
American Red Squirrel 15
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
American Robin 16
Turdus migratorius
American Water Shrew 17
Sorex palustris
American White Pelican 18
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Wigeon 19
Mareca americana
Anise Swallowtail 20
Papilio zelicaon
Arctic Blue 21
Agriades glandon
Aspen Serpentine Leafminer Moth 22
Phyllocnistis populiella
Bald Eagle 23
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bald-faced Hornet 24
Dolichovespula maculata
Banded Sexton Beetle 25
Nicrophorus investigator
Barn Swallow 26
Hirundo rustica
Belted Kingfisher 12
Megaceryle alcyon
Big Brown Bat 27
Eptesicus fuscus
Black Tern 28
Chlidonias niger
Black-billed Magpie 29
Pica hudsonia
Black-capped Chickadee 30
Poecile atricapillus
Black-crowned Night-Heron 31
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Grosbeak 10
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Blue Copper 32
Tharsalea heteronea
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 33
Polioptila caerulea
Blue-winged Teal 19
Spatula discors
Bobcat 34
Lynx rufus
Bog Leafhopper 35
Helochara communis
Boisduval's Blue 36
Icaricia icarioides
Boreal Chorus Frog 37
Pseudacris maculata
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 38
Cicindela longilabris
Boreal Toad 39
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Brewer's Blackbird 40
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 41
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown Creeper 42
Certhia americana
Brown Trout 43
Salmo trutta
Brown-headed Cowbird 33
Molothrus ater
Bufflehead 19
Bucephala albeola
Burying beetle 44
Nicrophorus defodiens
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 45
Neotoma cinerea
Cabbage White 46
Pieris rapae
California Gull 47
Larus californicus
California Tortoiseshell 48
Nymphalis californica
Callippe Fritillary 49
Speyeria callippe
Canada Goose 50
Branta canadensis
Canvasback 33
Aythya valisineria
Carabus taedatus 51
Cassin's Finch 10
Haemorhous cassinii
Cat-faced Orbweaver 52
Araneus gemmoides
Cedar Waxwing 53
Bombycilla cedrorum
Checkered White 54
Pontia protodice
Chipping Sparrow 55
Spizella passerina
Cinnamon Teal 56
Spatula cyanoptera
Cliff Swallow 57
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Clouded Sulphur 58
Colias philodice
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 59
Bombus bifarius
Common Alpine 60
Erebia epipsodea
Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 61
Cicindela limbalis
Common Goldeneye 62
Bucephala clangula
Common Grackle 63
Quiscalus quiscula
Common Loon 33
Gavia immer
Common Loopwing Aphideater 64
Lapposyrphus lapponicus
Common Merganser 65
Mergus merganser
Common Nighthawk 33
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 66
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Common Porcupine 67
Erethizon dorsatum
Common Raccoon 68
Procyon lotor
Common Raven 69
Corvus corax
Common Ringlet 70
Coenonympha california
Convergent Lady Beetle 71
Hippodamia convergens
Cooper's Hawk 72
Accipiter cooperii
Cordilleran Flycatcher 33
Empidonax occidentalis
Cottonwood Dagger 73
Acronicta lepusculina
Coyote 74
Canis latrans
Cutthroat Trout 75
Oncorhynchus clarkii
Dainty Sulphur 76
Nathalis iole
Dark-eyed Junco 77
Junco hyemalis
Dasymutilla vestita 78
Deer Mouse 79
Peromyscus maniculatus
Downy Woodpecker 80
Dryobates pubescens
Dusky Flycatcher 33
Empidonax oberholseri
Dusky Grouse 81
Dendragapus obscurus
Dusky Shrew 17
Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew 82
Sorex nanus
Eared Grebe 4
Podiceps nigricollis
Eastern Kingbird 83
Tyrannus tyrannus
Echo Azure 32
Celastrina echo
Elk 84
Cervus canadensis
Essex Skipper 85
Thymelicus lineola
European Starling 86
Sturnus vulgaris

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