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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 ↓

Dark-eyed Junco 1
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 2
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 3
Chondestes grammacus
Song Sparrow 1
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 4
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 5
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 2
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 7
Pipilo maculatus
Savannah Sparrow 8
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 9
Icteria virens
Gray Catbird 2
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 10
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 9
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 11
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 2
Piranga ludoviciana
American Pipit 2
Anthus rubescens
Wilson's Warbler 12
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 11
Setophaga nigrescens
American Yellow Warbler 14
Setophaga petechia
Townsend's Warbler 15
Setophaga townsendi
MacGillivray's warbler 4
Geothlypis tolmiei
Orange-crowned Warbler 16
Leiothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 17
Leiothlypis peregrina
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Polioptila caerulea
Cedar Waxwing 18
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 19
Certhia americana
American Dipper 11
Cinclus mexicanus
American Crow 20
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 21
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 22
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 23
Pica hudsonia
Clark's Nutcracker 24
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 25
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
pine siskin 26
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 11
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 27
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 11
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 28
Haemorhous mexicanus
Evening Grosbeak 29
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 30
Myiarchus cinerascens
Olive-sided Flycatcher 31
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 32
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 33
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 2
Empidonax oberholseri
Willow Flycatcher 34
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 2
Empidonax wrightii
Western Kingbird 9
Tyrannus verticalis
Black Phoebe 30
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 34
Sayornis saya
Nuttall's cottontail 35
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 36
Lepus americanus
American Red Squirrel 37
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 38
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 39
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Rock Squirrel 40
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled ground squirrel 39
Callospermophilus lateralis
Yellow-bellied Marmot 41
Marmota flaviventris
American Beaver 42
Castor canadensis
North American Porcupine 43
Erethizon dorsatum
Montane Vole 44
Microtus montanus
Deer Mouse 45
Peromyscus maniculatus
Mule Deer 46
Odocoileus hemionus
Elk 47
Cervus canadensis
Hoary Bat 48
Lasiurus cinereus
Little Brown Bat 49
Myotis lucifugus
American Black Bear 50
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 51
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 52
Bassariscus astutus
Long-tailed Weasel 53
Mustela frenata
American Mink 54
Neovison vison
American Badger 24
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 55
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 56
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 57
Puma concolor
Coyote 6
Canis latrans
Red Fox 58
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 59
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Dusky Shrew 60
Sorex monticolus
Yellow Perch 61
Perca flavescens
Brown Trout 62
Salmo trutta
Cutthroat Trout 63
Oncorhynchus clarkii
Rainbow Trout 64
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sockeye Salmon 65
Oncorhynchus nerka
White Sucker 66
Catostomus commersonii

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