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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 ↓

Red-tailed Hawk 1
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 2
Buteo lagopus
Bald Eagle 3
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 5
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 6
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 7
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 9
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 10
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 11
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 12
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 14
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 12
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 8
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 16
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 17
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 18
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 19
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 20
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 11
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 8
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 8
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 12
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 21
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 10
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 22
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 23
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 10
Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird 24
Sialia sialis
Townsend's Solitaire 14
Myadestes townsendi
Wood Thrush 25
Hylocichla mustelina
Warbling Vireo 26
Vireo gilvus
Plumbeous Vireo 8
Vireo plumbeus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 29
Junco hyemalis
Lark Sparrow 23
Chondestes grammacus
American Tree Sparrow 30
Spizelloides arborea
Cassin's Sparrow 31
Peucaea cassinii
Lincoln's Sparrow 32
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 29
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 33
Spizella passerina
Fox Sparrow 34
Passerella iliaca
White-crowned Sparrow 35
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 8
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 36
Pipilo maculatus
Savannah Sparrow 37
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 38
Icteria virens
Brown Thrasher 39
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 8
Dumetella carolinensis
Lazuli Bunting 38
Passerina amoena
Blue Grosbeak 40
Passerina caerulea
Black-headed Grosbeak 12
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 8
Piranga ludoviciana
Wilson's Warbler 41
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 42
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 12
Setophaga nigrescens
Yellow Warbler 32
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 43
Setophaga ruticilla
MacGillivray's Warbler 11
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 44
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler 45
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 8
Leiothlypis virginiae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 46
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 47
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 48
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 6
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 49
Certhia americana
American Dipper 12
Cinclus mexicanus
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 50
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 51
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 52
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 53
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 54
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 55
Perisoreus canadensis
Pinyon Jay 56
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 57
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 58
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 59
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 60
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 12
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 61
Haemorhous mexicanus
Black Rosy-Finch 62
Leucosticte atrata
Pine Grosbeak 63
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 64
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 65
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 66
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 67
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 8
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 8
Empidonax occidentalis
Eastern Kingbird 68
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 38
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 69
Sayornis saya
Desert Cottontail 70
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 71
Sylvilagus floridanus

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