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Wildlife of Rifle Falls, Rifle Gap, and Harvey Gap State Parks

Harvey Gap and Rifle Falls are both headquartered at Rifle Gap, and are all within about 4.5 miles of one another.

Harvey Gap is a total of about 320 acres, 160 of which is the reservoir and the other 160 acres are the lands surrounding the reservoir. The park lies at approximately ...more ↓

Barn Swallow 1
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 2
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 3
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 4
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 6
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Rusty Blackbird 7
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 8
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 9
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Baltimore Oriole 10
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 11
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 13
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 11
Lanius ludovicianus
black-capped chickadee 14
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 5
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 15
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 16
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 17
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 18
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 19
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 20
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 5
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 5
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 11
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 21
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 8
Catharus guttatus
Mountain Bluebird 22
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 8
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 13
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 23
Vireo gilvus
Blue-headed Vireo 24
Vireo solitarius
Gray Vireo 5
Vireo vicinior
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 25
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 26
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 27
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 5
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 22
Chondestes grammacus
American tree sparrow 28
Spizelloides arborea
Song Sparrow 27
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 20
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 29
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 30
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 5
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 31
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Sage Sparrow 8
Amphispiza belli
Black-throated Sparrow 32
Amphispiza bilineata
Yellow-breasted Chat 33
Icteria virens
Gray Catbird 5
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 34
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 33
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 11
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 5
Piranga ludoviciana
American Pipit 5
Anthus rubescens
Wilson's Warbler 35
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 36
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 11
Setophaga nigrescens
American Yellow Warbler 24
Setophaga petechia
MacGillivray's warbler 20
Geothlypis tolmiei
Orange-crowned Warbler 37
Leiothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 38
Leiothlypis peregrina
Virginia's Warbler 5
Leiothlypis virginiae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Polioptila caerulea
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher 39
Polioptila melanura
Bushtit 40
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 41
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 42
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 43
Certhia americana
American Dipper 11
Cinclus mexicanus
California Scrub-Jay 39
Aphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 6
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 44
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 45
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 46
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 47
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 48
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 49
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 50
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 51
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 52
Loxia curvirostra
pine siskin 53
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 11
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 54
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 11
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 55
Haemorhous mexicanus
Pine Grosbeak 56
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 57
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 3
Myiarchus cinerascens
Nuttallornis borealis 41
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 58
Contopus sordidulus
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 13
Empidonax difficilis
Hammond's Flycatcher 59
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 5
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 5
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 39
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 5
Empidonax wrightii
Eastern Kingbird 60
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 33
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 61
Tyrannus vociferans

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