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Birds of Boyd Lake State Park

Boyd Lake State Park is located on the eastern edge of the City of Loveland and consists of about 259 acres of land along the western shore of the lake and the lake itself.
It is a popular recreation destination, especially for people from the northern Front Range and the Denver ...more ↓

Western Grebe 1
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 3
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 4
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Least Bittern 5
Ixobrychus exilis
American Bittern 6
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 7
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 8
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron 9
Egretta tricolor
Great Egret 1
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 10
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 11
Nyctanassa violacea
Cattle Egret 5
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 12
Butorides virescens
Merlin 13
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 13
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 14
Falco peregrinus
Gyrfalcon 15
Falco rusticolus
American Kestrel 16
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 5
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 17
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Calliope Hummingbird 18
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 19
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 20
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 9
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 21
Aeronautes saxatalis
Chimney Swift 5
Chaetura pelagica
Black Swift 19
Cypseloides niger
American Wigeon 22
Mareca americana
Eurasian Wigeon 23
Mareca penelope
Gadwall 24
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 22
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 25
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged teal 22
Spatula discors
Garganey 26
Spatula querquedula
Trumpeter Swan 27
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 5
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 28
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 29
Anas crecca
Mallard 30
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 31
Anas rubripes
Bufflehead 22
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 32
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 32
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 24
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 33
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 34
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 35
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 36
Anser rossii
Black Scoter 5
Melanitta americana
White-winged Scoter 22
Melanitta fusca
Common Scoter 37
Melanitta nigra
Surf Scoter 22
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 38
Aythya affinis
Redhead 39
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 22
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 40
Aythya marila
Canvasback 9
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 41
Oxyura jamaicensis
Brant 42
Branta bernicla
Canada Goose 43
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 44
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 45
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 31
Lophodytes cucullatus
Long-tailed Duck 46
Clangula hyemalis
Osprey 1
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 47
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 48
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 49
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 34
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 50
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 20
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 51
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 52
Buteo lineatus
Broad-winged Hawk 53
Buteo platypterus
Ferruginous Hawk 54
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 54
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 55
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Harris's Hawk 5
Parabuteo unicinctus
Mississippi Kite 19
Ictinia mississippiensis
Neotropic Cormorant 56
Nannopterum brasilianum
Double-crested Cormorant 57
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 58
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Purple Martin 59
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 60
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 22
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 23
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 61
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 62
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Rusty Blackbird 63
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 64
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 25
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 13
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bullock's Oriole 9
Icterus bullockii
Baltimore Oriole 65
Icterus galbula
Orchard Oriole 66
Icterus spurius
Eastern Meadowlark 67
Sturnella magna

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