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Wildlife of Crawford State Park

Crawford State Park sits in southwestern Colorado 33 miles east of Delta. The West Elk Mountains lie to the east and the Fruitland Mesa lies to the west of the park. The reservoir park hosts a mix of pinyon-juniper woodlands and riparian and wetland communities.

Boreal Chorus Frog 1
Pseudacris maculata
Northern Leopard Frog 2
Lithobates pipiens
Ornate Tree Lizard 3
Urosaurus ornatus
Sagebrush Lizard 4
Sceloporus graciosus
Northern Plateau Lizard 5
Sceloporus undulatus elongatus
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard 6
Phrynosoma douglasii
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 1
Thamnophis elegans
Gopher Snake 1
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth Greensnake 7
Opheodrys vernalis
Downy Woodpecker 8
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Picoides villosus
Red-shafted Flicker 10
Colaptes auratus cafer
Red-naped Sapsucker 11
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Northern Pygmy-Owl 12
Glaucidium gnoma
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Belted Kingfisher 14
Megaceryle alcyon
Mourning Dove 15
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 16
Fulica americana
Greater Sandhill Crane 17
Antigone canadensis tabida
Whooping Crane 18
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 19
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 20
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 21
Phasianus colchicus
Long-billed Dowitcher 22
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Common Snipe 23
Gallinago gallinago
Spotted Sandpiper 24
Actitis macularius
Bonaparte's Gull 25
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull 26
Larus delawarensis
Franklin's Gull 27
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 28
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 29
Recurvirostra americana
Clark's Grebe 25
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 30
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 31
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 32
Plegadis chihi
Snowy Egret 33
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 30
Ardea herodias
American Kestrel 34
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 35
Chordeiles minor
Calliope Hummingbird 36
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 37
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 38
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 39
Archilochus alexandri
American Wigeon 40
Mareca americana
Gadwall 41
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 40
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 42
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 40
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 43
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 44
Anas crecca
Mallard 45
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 40
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 46
Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 41
Mergus merganser
Snow Goose 47
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 48
Aythya affinis
Redhead 49
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 40
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 17
Aythya valisineria
Canada Goose 50
Branta canadensis
Osprey 30
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 51
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 52
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 53
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 38
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 54
Buteo lagopus
Bald Eagle 55
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Barn Swallow 56
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 40
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 25
Tachycineta thalassina
Cliff Swallow 57
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 58
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 17
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 42
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Baltimore Oriole 59
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 35
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 35
Lanius ludovicianus
Oak Titmouse 61
Baeolophus inornatus
Black-capped Chickadee 62
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 17
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 63
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 64
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 65
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 66
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 17
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 17
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 35
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 67
Turdus migratorius
Mountain Bluebird 68
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 58
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 37
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 69
Vireo gilvus
Gray Vireo 17
Vireo vicinior
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 70
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 71
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 72
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 17
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 68
Chondestes grammacus

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