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 ↓

Taxonomy
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- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers Family Laridae
  - 13 Gulls Subfamily Larinae
  - 5 Terns and Noddies Subfamily Sterninae

Least Tern ¹
Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern ²
Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern ³
Sterna forsteri

Common Tern ⁴
Sterna hirundo

Black tern ⁵
Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull ²
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull ⁶
Hydrocoloeus minutus

Herring Gull ⁷
Larus argentatus

California Gull ⁸
Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull ⁹
Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull ¹⁰
Larus fuscus

Glaucous-winged Gull ¹¹
Larus glaucescens

Iceland Gull ¹²
Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull ¹³
Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull ¹⁴
Larus marinus

Black-legged Kittiwake ¹⁵
Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull ¹⁶
Xema sabini

Franklin's Gull ¹⁷
Leucophaeus pipixcan

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Birds of Boyd Lake State Park

Least Tern 1 Sternula antillarum

Caspian Tern 2 Hydroprogne caspia

Forster's Tern 3 Sterna forsteri

Common Tern 4 Sterna hirundo

Black tern 5 Chlidonias niger

Bonaparte's Gull 2 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Little Gull 6 Hydrocoloeus minutus

Herring Gull 7 Larus argentatus

California Gull 8 Larus californicus

Ring-billed Gull 9 Larus delawarensis

Lesser Black-backed Gull 10 Larus fuscus

Glaucous-winged Gull 11 Larus glaucescens

Iceland Gull 12 Larus glaucoides

Glaucous Gull 13 Larus hyperboreus

Great Black-backed Gull 14 Larus marinus

Black-legged Kittiwake 15 Rissa tridactyla

Sabine's Gull 16 Xema sabini

Franklin's Gull 17 Leucophaeus pipixcan