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Wildlife of Mueller State Park

Mueller State Park preserves an area of semi-wilderness within a short drive of one of Colorado’s largest metropolitan areas – Colorado Springs. The park is located on the western flank of Pike’s Peak, at elevations between 8900-9800 feet. Mueller is comprised of 5,121 acres of land, owned by ...more ↓

Boreal Toad 1
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Northern leopard frog 2
Lithobates pipiens
Western Tiger Salamander 3
Ambystoma mavortium
Prairie Lizard 4
Sceloporus consobrinus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 5
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Many-lined Skink 6
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 1
Thamnophis elegans
Bullsnake 7
Pituophis catenifer sayi
Western Smooth Greensnake 8
Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi
Western Milksnake 9
Lampropeltis gentilis
Red-headed Woodpecker 10
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 11
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 12
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 13
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 13
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 14
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 15
Dryobates villosus
American Three-toed Woodpecker 16
Picoides dorsalis
Eastern Screech Owl 17
Megascops asio
Western Screech Owl 18
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 19
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 20
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 21
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 13
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 21
Aegolius acadicus
flammulated owl 13
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 22
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 23
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 24
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 25
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 26
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 27
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 28
Cathartes aura
Dusky Grouse 13
Dendragapus obscurus
Wild Turkey 29
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Snipe 30
Gallinago gallinago
Spotted Sandpiper 31
Actitis macularius
Herring Gull 32
Larus argentatus
California Gull 33
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 34
Larus delawarensis
Killdeer 35
Charadrius vociferus
Common Loon 13
Gavia immer
Eared Grebe 18
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 36
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 37
Podilymbus podiceps
Great Blue Heron 36
Ardea herodias
Prairie Falcon 38
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 39
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 4
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 4
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 40
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 41
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 42
Selasphorus rufus
White-throated Swift 43
Aeronautes saxatalis
Black Swift 44
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 21
Mareca americana
Gadwall 4
Mareca strepera
Cinnamon Teal 39
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 21
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 45
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 46
Anas crecca
Mallard 47
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 21
Bucephala albeola
Common Merganser 48
Mergus merganser
Canada Goose 49
Branta canadensis
Golden Eagle 13
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 50
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 51
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 52
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 53
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 54
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 55
Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk 13
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 56
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 57
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 58
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 21
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 59
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 13
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 60
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 61
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 13
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 62
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Baltimore Oriole 63
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 4
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 64
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 65
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 44
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 4
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 66
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 13
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 67
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 68
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 14
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 37
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 69
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 70
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 13
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 13
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 4
Thryomanes bewickii

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