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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 ↓

American Wigeon 1
Mareca americana
Gadwall 2
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 3
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 4
Spatula cyanoptera
Cinnamon × Blue-winged Teal 5
Spatula cyanoptera × discors
Blue-winged Teal 1
Spatula discors
Tundra Swan 2
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 6
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 7
Anas crecca
Mallard × Mexican Duck 8
Anas diazi × platyrhynchos
Mallard 9
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 1
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 10
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 10
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 11
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 12
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 13
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 14
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 15
Anser rossii
Black Scoter 16
Melanitta americana
White-winged Scoter 1
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 1
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 17
Aythya affinis
Redhead 18
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 1
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 19
Aythya marila
Canvasback 20
Aythya valisineria
Ross's Goose 15
Chen rossii
Ruddy Duck 21
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 22
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 23
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 24
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 25
Lophodytes cucullatus
Long-tailed Duck 26
Clangula hyemalis

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