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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 ↓

Cooper's Hawk 1
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 2
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Accipiter striatus
Cottonwood Dagger 4
Acronicta lepusculina
Lupine Dagger 5
Acronicta lupini
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Actitis macularius
Western Grebe 7
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Northern Saw-whet Owl 8
Aegolius acadicus
White-throated Swift 9
Aeronautes saxatalis
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Agelaius phoeniceus
Milbert's Tortoiseshell 11
Aglais milberti
Arctic Blue 12
Agriades glandon
Wood Duck 13
Aix sponsa
Moose 14
Alces alces
Alydus scutellatus 15
Ridings' Forester 16
Alypia ridingsii
Western Tiger Salamander 17
Ambystoma mavortium
Northern Pintail 18
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 19
Anas crecca
Mallard 20
Anas platyrhynchos
Boreal Toad 21
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Julia Orangetip 22
Anthocharis julia
Water Pipit 23
Anthus spinoletta
Sandhill Crane 23
Antigone canadensis
Greater Sandhill Crane 24
Antigone canadensis tabida
Pronghorn 25
Antilocapra americana
Golden Eagle 24
Aquila chrysaetos
Cat-faced Orbweaver 26
Araneus gemmoides
Shamrock Orbweaver 27
Araneus trifolium
Garden Tiger Moth 28
Arctia caja
Wood Tiger 29
Arctia plantaginis
Great Blue Heron 7
Ardea herodias
Powdered Dancer 30
Argia moesta
Long-eared Owl 24
Asio otus
Alfalfa Looper 31
Autographa californica
Lesser Scaup 32
Aythya affinis
Redhead 33
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 8
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 24
Aythya valisineria
Meadow Fritillary 34
Boloria bellona
White-shouldered Bumble Bee 35
Bombus appositus
Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee 36
Bombus bifarius
Nevada Bumble Bee 37
Bombus nevadensis
Cedar Waxwing 38
Bombycilla cedrorum
Canada Goose 39
Branta canadensis
Great Horned Owl 40
Bubo virginianus
Bufflehead 8
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 41
Bucephala clangula
Red-tailed Hawk 42
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 43
Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk 24
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 44
Buteo swainsoni
Western Pine Elfin 34
Callophrys eryphon
Sheridan's Hairstreak 45
Callophrys sheridanii
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 21
Callospermophilus lateralis
Coyote 46
Canis latrans
Carabus taedatus 47
Wilson's Warbler 9
Cardellina pusilla
American Beaver 40
Castor canadensis
Turkey Vulture 48
Cathartes aura
Hermit Thrush 49
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 50
Catharus ustulatus
Echo Azure 51
Celastrina echo
Lucia Azure 52
Celastrina lucia
Small Wood-Nymph 53
Cercyonis oetus
Brown Creeper 54
Certhia americana
Elk 55
Cervus canadensis
Killdeer 56
Charadrius vociferus
Black Tern 57
Chlidonias niger
Gorgone Checkerspot 58
Chlosyne gorgone
Lark Sparrow 59
Chondestes grammacus
Common Nighthawk 24
Chordeiles minor
Common Claybank Tiger Beetle 60
Cicindela limbalis
Boreal Long-lipped Tiger Beetle 61
Cicindela longilabris
Northern Harrier 62
Circus hudsonius
Evening Grosbeak 41
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Common Ringlet 63
Coenonympha california
Northern Flicker 64
Colaptes auratus
Orange Sulphur 65
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 66
Colias philodice
Rock Pigeon 67
Columba livia
Olive-sided Flycatcher 68
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 69
Contopus sordidulus
American Crow 70
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 71
Corvus corax
Western Tailed-Blue 72
Cupido amyntula
Steller's Jay 73
Cyanocitta stelleri
Monarch 74
Danaus plexippus
Dasymutilla vestita 75
Dusky Grouse 76
Dendragapus obscurus
Bald-faced Hornet 77
Dolichovespula maculata
Downy Woodpecker 78
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 79
Dryobates villosus
Reakirt's Blue 80
Echinargus isola
Snowy Egret 81
Egretta thula
Hammond's Flycatcher 82
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 24
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 24
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 83
Empidonax traillii
Big Brown Bat 84
Eptesicus fuscus

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