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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
Caspian Tern 21
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 22
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 23
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 24
Chlidonias niger
Larus philadelphia 13
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 25
Larus argentatus
American Herring Gull 26
Larus argentatus smithsonianus
California Gull 27
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 28
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 29
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 30
Larus fuscus
Glaucous-winged Gull 31
Larus glaucescens
Iceland Gull 32
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 33
Larus hyperboreus
Thayer's Gull 34
Larus thayeri
Black-legged Kittiwake 35
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 4
Xema sabini
Larus atricilla 4
Leucophaeus atricilla
Larus pipixcan 36
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish Plover 37
Charadrius alexandrinus
Semipalmated Plover 38
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 39
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden-Plover 40
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 13
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 41
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 42
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic Jaeger 30
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 43
Stercorarius pomarinus

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