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Wildlife of Highline Lake State Park

Highline Lake State Park lies within the Grand Valley of western Colorado at the eastern edge of the Great Basin, about 20 miles west and north of Grand Junction. The park encompasses about 570 acres and consists of Mack Mesa Reservoir and Highline Lake, and lands surrounding these bodies of ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Boreal Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris maculata
Western Chorus Frog 3
Pseudacris triseriata
American Bullfrog 4
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates pipiens
Great Basin Spadefoot 6
Spea intermontana
Eastern Collared Lizard 7
Crotaphytus collaris
Yellow Headed Collared Lizard 8
Crotaphytus collaris auriceps
Common Side-blotched Lizard 9
Uta stansburiana
Ornate Tree Lizard 10
Urosaurus ornatus
Sagebrush Lizard 11
Sceloporus graciosus
Northern Plateau Lizard 12
Sceloporus undulatus elongatus
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard 13
Phrynosoma douglasii
Western Skink 14
Plestiodon skiltonianus
Western Whiptail 11
Aspidoscelis tigris
Plateau Tiger Whiptail 15
Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis
Plateau Striped Whiptail 2
Aspidoscelis velox
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 2
Thamnophis elegans
Striped Whipsnake 16
Masticophis taeniatus
Desert Striped Whipsnake 17
Masticophis taeniatus taeniatus
North American Racer 18
Coluber constrictor
Western Yellow-bellied Racer 19
Coluber constrictor mormon
Gopher Snake 20
Pituophis catenifer
Great Basin Gopher Snake 21
Pituophis catenifer deserticola
Eastern Milksnake 22
Lampropeltis triangulum
Corn Snake 23
Pantherophis guttatus
Western Rattlesnake 24
Crotalus oreganus
Northern Flicker 25
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 26
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 27
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 28
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech Owl 29
Megascops kennicottii
Burrowing Owl 30
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 31
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 26
Asio otus
Belted Kingfisher 32
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 33
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 34
Zenaida macroura
Sora 35
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 36
Rallus limicola
American Coot 30
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 37
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 38
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 39
Cathartes aura
Gambel's Quail 40
Callipepla gambelii
Ring-necked Pheasant 41
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 42
Calidris alba
Dunlin 43
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 44
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 45
Calidris canutus
White-rumped Sandpiper 26
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 46
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 47
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 48
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 42
Calidris pusilla
Long-billed Dowitcher 49
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 50
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 45
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 26
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 45
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 35
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 51
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 52
Gallinago gallinago
Ruddy Turnstone 53
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 54
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 55
Limosa haemastica
Red Phalarope 51
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 35
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 56
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 57
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 54
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 58
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 59
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 60
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 45
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 61
Larus argentatus
California Gull 62
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 63
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous Gull 64
Larus hyperboreus
Franklin's Gull 65
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish Plover 66
Charadrius alexandrinus
Semipalmated Plover 67
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 68
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 69
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 45
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt 70
Himantopus mexicanus
Common Loon 26
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 45
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 71
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 45
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 72
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 29
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 45
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 35
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 73
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 74
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 75
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 27
Botaurus lentiginosus
Snowy Egret 48
Egretta thula
Great Egret 35
Ardea alba

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