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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 ↓

Barn Swallow 1
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 2
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 3
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 5
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 6
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 7
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Baltimore Oriole 8
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 9
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 10
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 12
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 9
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 13
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 4
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 14
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 15
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 16
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 17
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 18
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 19
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 4
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 4
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 9
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 20
Turdus migratorius
Veery 21
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 6
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 22
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 23
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 6
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 12
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 24
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 25
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 26
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 27
Regulus satrapa
dark-eyed junco 28
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 4
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 23
Chondestes grammacus
American tree sparrow 29
Spizelloides arborea
Swamp Sparrow 30
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 25
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 28
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 19
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 31
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 32
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 33
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 4
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 34
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Canyon Towhee 3
Melozone fusca
Savannah Sparrow 35
Passerculus sandwichensis
Northern Mockingbird 36
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 37
Toxostoma rufum
Black-headed Grosbeak 9
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 4
Piranga ludoviciana
Wilson's Warbler 38
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 39
Setophaga coronata
Audubon's Warbler 32
Setophaga coronata auduboni
American Yellow Warbler 25
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 40
Setophaga ruticilla
Townsend's Warbler 41
Setophaga townsendi
MacGillivray's warbler 19
Geothlypis tolmiei
Orange-crowned Warbler 9
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 4
Leiothlypis virginiae
Horned Lark 42
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 43
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 2
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 44
Certhia americana
American Dipper 9
Cinclus mexicanus
American Crow 45
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 46
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 47
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 48
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 49
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 50
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 51
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 52
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 53
Loxia curvirostra
Common Redpoll 54
Acanthis flammea
Pine Siskin 55
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 56
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 9
Haemorhous cassinii
House finch 57
Haemorhous mexicanus
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 23
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Pine Grosbeak 58
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 59
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 42
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 60
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 61
Empidonax hammondii
Least Flycatcher 30
Empidonax minimus
Cordilleran Flycatcher 4
Empidonax occidentalis
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 62
Tyrannus forficatus
Western Kingbird 63
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 36
Sayornis saya

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