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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 ↓

American Robin 1
Turdus migratorius
Veery 2
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 3
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 4
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 5
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 3
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 6
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 7
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 8
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Regulus satrapa
dark-eyed junco 11
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 12
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 5
Chondestes grammacus
American tree sparrow 13
Spizelloides arborea
Swamp Sparrow 14
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 8
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 11
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 15
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 16
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 17
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 18
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 12
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 19
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Canyon Towhee 20
Melozone fusca
Savannah Sparrow 21
Passerculus sandwichensis
Northern Mockingbird 22
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 23
Toxostoma rufum
Black-headed Grosbeak 24
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 12
Piranga ludoviciana
Wilson's Warbler 25
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 26
Setophaga coronata
Audubon's Warbler 17
Setophaga coronata auduboni
American Yellow Warbler 8
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 27
Setophaga ruticilla
Townsend's Warbler 28
Setophaga townsendi
MacGillivray's warbler 15
Geothlypis tolmiei
Orange-crowned Warbler 24
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 12
Leiothlypis virginiae
Horned Lark 29
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 30
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 31
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 32
Certhia americana
American Dipper 24
Cinclus mexicanus
American Crow 33
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 34
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 35
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 36
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 37
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 38
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 39
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 40
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 41
Loxia curvirostra
Common Redpoll 42
Acanthis flammea
Pine Siskin 43
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 44
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 24
Haemorhous cassinii
House finch 45
Haemorhous mexicanus
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 5
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Pine Grosbeak 46
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 47
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 29
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 48
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 49
Empidonax hammondii
Least Flycatcher 14
Empidonax minimus
Cordilleran Flycatcher 12
Empidonax occidentalis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 50
Tyrannus forficatus
Western Kingbird 51
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 22
Sayornis saya
Mountain Cottontail 52
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 53
Lepus americanus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 24
Lepus townsendii
American Pika 54
Ochotona princeps
Abert's Squirrel 12
Sciurus aberti
American Red Squirrel 55
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Rock squirrel 56
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 57
Callospermophilus lateralis
thirteen-lined ground squirrel 12
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 58
Urocitellus elegans
Richardson's ground squirrel 59
Urocitellus richardsonii
Yellow-bellied Marmot 60
Marmota flaviventris
least chipmunk 61
Tamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 62
Tamias quadrivittatus
American Beaver 63
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 64
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 65
Thomomys talpoides
Common Porcupine 66
Erethizon dorsatum
Long-tailed Vole 67
Microtus longicaudus
Montane Vole 68
Microtus montanus
Meadow Vole 69
Microtus pennsylvanicus
southern red-backed vole 70
Myodes gapperi
Heather Vole 71
Phenacomys intermedius
Muskrat 16
Ondatra zibethicus
Rock Mouse 72
Peromyscus difficilis
Deer Mouse 73
Peromyscus maniculatus
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 74
Neotoma cinerea
Mexican Woodrat 72
Neotoma mexicana
Western Jumping Mouse 75
Zapus princeps
Mule Deer 76
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 77
Cervus canadensis

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