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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.

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

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