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Birds of Eldorado Canyon State Park

Eldorado Canyon State Park lies eight miles southwest of the city of Boulder along the eastern edge of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in an ecotone between the grasslands below and coniferous forests above the park. The park is made up of 1,442 acres owned by the State of Colorado and ...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
Bullock's Oriole 4
Icterus bullockii
Baltimore Oriole 7
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 8
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 9
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Agelaius phoeniceus
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 4
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 12
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 13
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 14
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 15
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 16
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 17
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 4
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 4
Troglodytes aedon
Winter Wren 4
Troglodytes hiemalis
American Robin 18
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 6
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 19
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 20
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 6
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 21
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 22
Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo 14
Vireo olivaceus
Plumbeous Vireo 4
Vireo plumbeus
Blue-headed Vireo 23
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 24
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 25
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 26
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 8
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 4
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 20
Chondestes grammacus
American Tree Sparrow 27
Spizelloides arborea
Cassin's Sparrow 28
Peucaea cassinii
Lincoln's Sparrow 23
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 26
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 17
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 29
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 30
Passerella iliaca
Green-tailed Towhee 4
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 31
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Spotted Towhee 32
Pipilo maculatus
Savannah Sparrow 33
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 34
Icteria virens
Gray Catbird 4
Dumetella carolinensis
Lazuli Bunting 34
Passerina amoena
Blue Grosbeak 20
Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting 35
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 36
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 8
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 4
Piranga ludoviciana
Wilson's Warbler 37
Cardellina pusilla
Ovenbird 38
Seiurus aurocapilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 39
Setophaga coronata
Chestnut-sided Warbler 40
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 23
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 41
Setophaga ruticilla
MacGillivray's Warbler 17
Geothlypis tolmiei
Orange-crowned Warbler 42
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 4
Leiothlypis virginiae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 43
Psaltriparus minimus
Cedar Waxwing 44
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 45
Certhia americana
American Dipper 8
Cinclus mexicanus
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 46
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 47
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 48
Corvus corax
Chihuahuan Raven 49
Corvus cryptoleucus
Blue Jay 50
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 51
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 52
Pica hudsonia
Clark's Nutcracker 53
Nucifraga columbiana
Red Crossbill 54
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 55
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 8
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 56
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 8
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 57
Haemorhous mexicanus
Pine Grosbeak 58
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 59
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 60
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 61
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 62
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 4
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 4
Empidonax occidentalis
Western Kingbird 34
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 63
Sayornis saya

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