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Wildlife of Lory State Park

Lory State Park's 2,492 acres are situated 7 miles west of Fort Collins in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The park borders Horsetooth Reservoir and reaches 7,015 feet at its highest point. The park contains a gradual gradation of ecosystems from grasslands and riparian areas into ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Boreal Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris maculata
American Bullfrog 3
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 4
Lithobates pipiens
Plains Spadefoot 5
Spea bombifrons
Prairie Lizard 6
Sceloporus consobrinus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 7
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Western Earless Lizard 8
Holbrookia maculata
Six-lined Racerunner 9
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 2
Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake 10
Thamnophis radix
Common Garter Snake 11
Thamnophis sirtalis
Plains Hognose Snake 12
Heterodon nasicus
Racer 13
Coluber constrictor
Gopher Snake 2
Pituophis catenifer
Eastern Milksnake 14
Lampropeltis triangulum
Prairie Rattlesnake 2
Crotalus viridis
Common Snapping Turtle 15
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 2
Chrysemys picta
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 17
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Red-headed Woodpecker 18
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Lewis's Woodpecker 19
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 20
Colaptes auratus
Red-shafted Flicker 21
Colaptes auratus cafer
Red-naped Sapsucker 22
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 17
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 23
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 24
Dryobates villosus
American Three-toed Woodpecker 25
Picoides dorsalis
Eastern Screech-Owl 26
Megascops asio
Northern Pygmy-Owl 27
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 28
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 17
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 29
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 17
Psiloscops flammeolus
Belted Kingfisher 30
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 31
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 19
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 32
Zenaida macroura
Sora 33
Porzana carolina
American Coot 34
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 35
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 36
Cathartes aura
Dusky Grouse 17
Dendragapus obscurus
Wild Turkey 37
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 38
Phasianus colchicus
Long-billed Dowitcher 39
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 40
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 41
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 17
Tringa semipalmata
Common Snipe 42
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 27
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 43
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 44
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 45
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 46
Larus argentatus
California Gull 47
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 48
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 49
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Semipalmated Plover 50
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 51
Charadrius vociferus
Common Loon 17
Gavia immer
Eared Grebe 52
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 33
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 53
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 54
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron 33
Ardea herodias
Merlin 55
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 55
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 56
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 57
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 58
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 59
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 60
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 61
Selasphorus rufus
White-throated Swift 62
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 29
Mareca americana
Gadwall 63
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 29
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 64
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 29
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 65
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 66
Anas crecca
Mallard 67
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 29
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 19
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 63
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 68
Aythya affinis
Redhead 69
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 29
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 17
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 52
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 70
Branta canadensis
Osprey 33
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 71
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 72
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 73
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 30
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 74
Circus hudsonius

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