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Birds of Chatfield State Park

Chatfield reservoir is one of the largest bodies of water along the Front Range open to public recreation. The park offers water enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy fishing, boating, sailing, water-skiing, and swimming in the 1,500 surface acre reservoir. Nearly 3,900 acres of park land ...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
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 4
Calidris subruficollis
Long-billed Dowitcher 10
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 11
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 4
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 12
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 13
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 14
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Snipe 15
Gallinago delicata
Common Snipe 16
Gallinago gallinago
Black Turnstone 17
Arenaria melanocephala
Marbled Godwit 18
Limosa fedoa
Red Phalarope 7
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 13
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 19
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland Sandpiper 4
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 20
Actitis macularius
Least Tern 21
Sternula antillarum
Caspian Tern 12
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 22
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 23
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 21
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 12
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Little Gull 24
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Herring Gull 25
Larus argentatus
California Gull 26
Larus californicus
Mew Gull 27
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 28
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 29
Larus fuscus
Glaucous Gull 30
Larus hyperboreus
Great Black-backed Gull 31
Larus marinus
Western Gull 3
Larus occidentalis
Thayer's Gull 32
Larus thayeri
Thayer's Gull 32
Larus glaucoides thayeri
Black-legged Kittiwake 33
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 4
Xema sabini
Laughing Gull 4
Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin's Gull 34
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish Plover 35
Charadrius alexandrinus
Piping Plover 36
Charadrius melodus
Semipalmated Plover 37
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 38
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden-Plover 4
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 12
Pluvialis squatarola
Long-billed Murrelet 39
Brachyramphus perdix
Ancient Murrelet 40
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Black-necked Stilt 17
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 41
Recurvirostra americana
Long-tailed Jaeger 42
Stercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic Jaeger 29
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger 43
Stercorarius pomarinus

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