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Wildlife of Castlewood Canyon State Park

Castlewood Canyon State Park is located in central Douglas County, one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. It lies east of Interstate 25 and is equidistant between the two largest metropolitan areas within Colorado - Denver and Colorado Springs. The park lies at the intersection of ...more ↓

Lewis's Woodpecker 1
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 2
Colaptes auratus
Downy Woodpecker 3
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Dryobates villosus
Great Horned Owl 5
Bubo virginianus
Barn Owl 6
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 7
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 8
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 9
Zenaida macroura
Sora 10
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 11
Rallus limicola
Turkey Vulture 12
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 13
Meleagris gallopavo
Spotted Sandpiper 14
Actitis macularius
Killdeer 15
Charadrius vociferus
Great Blue Heron 10
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 16
Nycticorax nycticorax
Prairie Falcon 17
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 18
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 19
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 20
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 21
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 19
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 22
Aeronautes saxatalis
Mallard 23
Anas platyrhynchos
Canada Goose 24
Branta canadensis
Golden Eagle 19
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 25
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 26
Accipiter gentilis
Northern Harrier 27
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 28
Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk 29
Buteo platypterus
Swainson's Hawk 30
Buteo swainsoni
Barn Swallow 31
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 32
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 33
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 19
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 34
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 35
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 19
Molothrus ater
Baltimore Oriole 36
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 18
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 37
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 38
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 18
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 39
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 19
Poecile gambeli
Red-breasted Nuthatch 40
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 41
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 42
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 43
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 19
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 19
Troglodytes aedon
American Robin 44
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 35
Catharus guttatus
Mountain Bluebird 11
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 35
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 45
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 46
Vireo gilvus
White-eyed Vireo 47
Vireo griseus
Red-eyed Vireo 18
Vireo olivaceus
Plumbeous Vireo 19
Vireo plumbeus
Blue-headed Vireo 48
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 49
Regulus calendula
Dark-eyed Junco 50
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 18
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 19
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 11
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 19
Calamospiza melanocorys
Song Sparrow 50
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 51
Spizella passerina
Green-tailed Towhee 19
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 28
Pipilo maculatus
Yellow-breasted Chat 52
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 27
Mimus polyglottos
Gray Catbird 19
Dumetella carolinensis
Lazuli Bunting 52
Passerina amoena
Lazuli × Indigo Bunting 53
Passerina amoena × cyanea
Blue Grosbeak 11
Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting 47
Passerina cyanea
Black-headed Grosbeak 18
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Dickcissel 54
Spiza americana
Western Tanager 19
Piranga ludoviciana
Ovenbird 55
Seiurus aurocapilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 56
Setophaga coronata
Yellow Warbler 48
Setophaga petechia
Black-and-white Warbler 57
Mniotilta varia
Virginia's Warbler 19
Oreothlypis virginiae
Common Yellowthroat 58
Geothlypis trichas
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 59
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 60
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 61
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 62
Certhia americana
American Dipper 18
Cinclus mexicanus
Florida Scrub-Jay 63
Aphelocoma coerulescens
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 64
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 65
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 66
Corvus corax

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