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Wildlife of St. Vrain State Park

St. Vrain State Park is centrally located in the northern Front Range in western Weld County about five miles east of the City of Longmont. It is a popular recreation destination, especially for people from Longmont and other parts of the northern Front Range and, to a lesser extent, from the ...more ↓

Great Plains Toad 1
Anaxyrus cognatus
Woodhouse's Toad 2
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Boreal Chorus Frog 3
Pseudacris maculata
Western Chorus Frog 4
Pseudacris triseriata
American Bullfrog 5
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 6
Lithobates pipiens
Plains Spadefoot 7
Spea bombifrons
Western Tiger Salamander 8
Ambystoma mavortium
Eastern Fence Lizard 9
Sceloporus undulatus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 10
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Western Earless Lizard 11
Holbrookia maculata
Many-lined Skink 12
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Six-lined Racerunner 13
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Lined Snake 14
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 3
Thamnophis elegans
Plains Garter Snake 15
Thamnophis radix
Common Garter Snake 16
Thamnophis sirtalis
Northern Watersnake 17
Nerodia sipedon
Plains Hognose Snake 18
Heterodon nasicus
North American Racer 19
Coluber constrictor
Plains Black-headed Snake 9
Tantilla nigriceps
Gopher Snake 3
Pituophis catenifer
Western Milksnake 7
Lampropeltis gentilis
Prairie Rattlesnake 3
Crotalus viridis
Spiny Softshell 20
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 21
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 3
Chrysemys picta
Northern Flicker 22
Colaptes auratus
Downy Woodpecker 23
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 24
Dryobates villosus
Burrowing Owl 25
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 26
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 27
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 28
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 29
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 30
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 25
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 31
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 32
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 33
Phasianus colchicus
Long-billed Dowitcher 34
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 35
Tringa flavipes
Common Snipe 36
Gallinago gallinago
Marbled Godwit 37
Limosa fedoa
Wilson's Phalarope 38
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland Sandpiper 9
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted Sandpiper 39
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 40
Hydroprogne caspia
Black Tern 41
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 42
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 43
Larus argentatus
California Gull 44
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 45
Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull 46
Larus fuscus
Iceland Gull 47
Larus glaucoides
Franklin's Gull 48
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 49
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 50
Recurvirostra americana
Western Grebe 51
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 52
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 53
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 54
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Snowy Egret 55
Egretta thula
Great Egret 51
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 51
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 56
Nycticorax nycticorax
Prairie Falcon 37
Falco mexicanus
American Kestrel 57
Falco sparverius
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 58
Selasphorus platycercus
American Wigeon 59
Mareca americana
Gadwall 60
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 59
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 61
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 59
Spatula discors
Mute Swan 62
Cygnus olor
Northern Pintail 63
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 64
Anas crecca
Mallard 65
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 59
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 66
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 67
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 68
Aythya affinis
Redhead 69
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 59
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 9
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 70
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 71
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 72
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 73
Aix sponsa
Osprey 51
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 74
Aquila chrysaetos
Northern Harrier 75
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 76
Buteo jamaicensis
Ferruginous Hawk 77
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 77
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 78
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 79
Phalacrocorax auritus
Neotropic Cormorant 80
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Barn Swallow 81
Hirundo rustica
American Barn Swallow 82
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

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