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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 ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Red-headed Woodpecker 3
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Lewis's Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 5
Colaptes auratus
Red-shafted Flicker 6
Colaptes auratus cafer
Red-naped Sapsucker 7
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 2
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates villosus
American Three-toed Woodpecker 10
Picoides dorsalis
Eastern Screech-Owl 11
Megascops asio
Northern Pygmy-Owl 12
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 2
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 2
Psiloscops flammeolus
Belted Kingfisher 15
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 16
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 4
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 17
Zenaida macroura
Sora 18
Porzana carolina
American Coot 19
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 20
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 21
Cathartes aura
Dusky Grouse 2
Dendragapus obscurus
Wild Turkey 22
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 23
Phasianus colchicus
Long-billed Dowitcher 24
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 25
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 26
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 2
Tringa semipalmata
Common Snipe 27
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 12
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 28
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 29
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 30
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 31
Larus argentatus
California Gull 32
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 33
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 34
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Semipalmated Plover 35
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 36
Charadrius vociferus
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Eared Grebe 37
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 18
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 38
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 39
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron 18
Ardea herodias
Merlin 40
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 40
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 41
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 42
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 43
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 44
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 45
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 46
Selasphorus rufus
White-throated Swift 47
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 14
Mareca americana
Gadwall 48
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 14
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 49
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 14
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 50
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 51
Anas crecca
Mallard 52
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 14
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 4
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 48
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 53
Aythya affinis
Redhead 54
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 14
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 2
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 37
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 55
Branta canadensis
Osprey 18
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 56
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 57
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 58
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 59
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 46
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 60
Buteo lagopus
Bald Eagle 61
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 62
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 63
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 14
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 26
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 64
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 65
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 66
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 43
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 67
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 45
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 43
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 68
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 2
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 69
Passer domesticus

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