Birds of Cherry Creek State Park

Comprised of an 880-acre reservoir and 3305 acres of upland, Cherry Creek State Park is the largest regional park and recreation area in the southeast Denver area. it was also the first park in the state park system. Located in the High Plains section of the Great Plains, the park sits on a ...more ↓

Sanderling ¹
Calidris alba

Dunlin ²
Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper ³
Calidris bairdii

White-rumped Sandpiper ⁴
Calidris fuscicollis

Stilt Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper ⁶
Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper ⁷
Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper ⁸
Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper ⁹
Calidris pusilla

Tryngites subruficollis ⁴
Calidris subruficollis

Short-billed Dowitcher ¹⁰
Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher ¹¹
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs ¹²
Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs ¹³
Tringa melanoleuca

Willet ⁴
Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper ¹³
Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew ¹⁴
Numenius americanus

Whimbrel ¹⁵
Numenius phaeopus

Wilson's Snipe ¹⁶
Gallinago delicata

Common Snipe ¹⁷
Gallinago gallinago

Marbled Godwit ¹⁸
Limosa fedoa

Red-necked Phalarope ¹⁴
Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope ¹⁹
Phalaropus tricolor

Actitis macularia ²⁰
Actitis macularius

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Birds of Cherry Creek State Park

Sanderling 1 Calidris alba

Dunlin 2 Calidris alpina

Baird's Sandpiper 3 Calidris bairdii

White-rumped Sandpiper 4 Calidris fuscicollis

Stilt Sandpiper 5 Calidris himantopus

Western Sandpiper 6 Calidris mauri

Pectoral Sandpiper 7 Calidris melanotos

Least Sandpiper 8 Calidris minutilla

Semipalmated Sandpiper 9 Calidris pusilla

Tryngites subruficollis 4 Calidris subruficollis

Short-billed Dowitcher 10 Limnodromus griseus

Long-billed Dowitcher 11 Limnodromus scolopaceus

Lesser Yellowlegs 12 Tringa flavipes

Greater Yellowlegs 13 Tringa melanoleuca

Willet 4 Tringa semipalmata

Solitary Sandpiper 13 Tringa solitaria

Long-billed Curlew 14 Numenius americanus

Whimbrel 15 Numenius phaeopus

Wilson's Snipe 16 Gallinago delicata

Common Snipe 17 Gallinago gallinago

Marbled Godwit 18 Limosa fedoa

Red-necked Phalarope 14 Phalaropus lobatus

Wilson's Phalarope 19 Phalaropus tricolor

Actitis macularia 20 Actitis macularius