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Wildlife of Ridgway State Park

Voted one of the top ten state parks in the country by National Geographic Traveler, Ridgway State Park’s scenic beauty and biological diversity are true assets to the state park system. Located in the Uncompahgre River Valley in west central Colorado, the park is surrounded by the San Juan ...more ↓

Acorn Woodpecker 1
Melanerpes formicivorus
Northern Flicker 2
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 3
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 4
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 5
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 6
Dryobates villosus
Northern Pygmy-Owl 7
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 8
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 9
Megaceryle alcyon
Mourning Dove 10
Zenaida macroura
Turkey Vulture 11
Cathartes aura
Sanderling 12
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper 13
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 14
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 15
Calidris minutilla
Willet 4
Tringa semipalmata
Spotted Sandpiper 16
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 17
Sterna forsteri
California Gull 18
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 19
Larus delawarensis
Semipalmated Plover 20
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 21
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 22
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 4
Gavia immer
Eared Grebe 23
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 24
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 25
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 26
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 27
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 28
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 15
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 25
Ardea herodias
Cattle Egret 29
Bubulcus ibis
American Kestrel 30
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 29
Chordeiles minor
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 31
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 32
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 33
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 34
Aeronautes saxatalis
Cinnamon Teal 35
Spatula cyanoptera
Trumpeter Swan 36
Cygnus buccinator
Green-winged Teal 37
Anas crecca
Mallard 38
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Goldeneye 39
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 40
Mergus merganser
Snow Goose 41
Anser caerulescens
Redhead 42
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 43
Aythya collaris
Canada Goose 44
Branta canadensis
Osprey 25
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 45
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 46
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 47
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 48
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 32
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 49
Buteo lagopus
Bald Eagle 50
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 51
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 43
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 24
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 52
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 13
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Molothrus ater
Bullock's Oriole 4
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 29
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 53
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 29
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 54
Baeolophus ridgwayi
black-capped chickadee 55
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 4
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 56
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 57
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 58
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 59
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 4
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 4
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 29
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 60
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 13
Catharus guttatus
Mountain Bluebird 61
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 13
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 31
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 48
Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Vireo olivaceus
Plumbeous Vireo 4
Vireo plumbeus
Gray Vireo 4
Vireo vicinior
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 62
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 63
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 64
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 4
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 61
Chondestes grammacus
Song Sparrow 64
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 59
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 65
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 66
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 4
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 67
Pipilo maculatus

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