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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 ↓

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

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