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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 ↓

Great Blue Heron 1
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 2
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 3
Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron 4
Butorides striata
Green Heron 5
Butorides virescens
Prairie Falcon 6
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 7
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 8
Falco sparverius
Lesser Nighthawk 9
Chordeiles acutipennis
Common Nighthawk 3
Chordeiles minor
Black-chinned Hummingbird 10
Archilochus alexandri
American Wigeon 11
Mareca americana
Gadwall 12
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 11
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 13
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 11
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 14
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 15
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 16
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 17
Anas crecca
Mallard 18
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 11
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 19
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 19
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 12
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 21
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 22
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 23
Anser rossii
White-winged Scoter 11
Melanitta fusca
Surf Scoter 11
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 24
Aythya affinis
Redhead 25
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 11
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 26
Aythya marila
Canvasback 27
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 28
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 29
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 30
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 5
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 1
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 31
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 32
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 33
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 34
Circus cyaneus
Red-tailed Hawk 35
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 36
Buteo lagopus
Red-shouldered Hawk 37
Buteo lineatus
Ferruginous Hawk 38
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 38
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 39
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Phalacrocorax auritus
Purple Martin 41
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 42
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 11
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 43
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 44
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 27
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 45
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 46
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 27
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 13
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 47
Icterus bullockii
Baltimore Oriole 48
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 3
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 49
Quiscalus mexicanus
Red-winged Blackbird 50
Agelaius phoeniceus
Great Grey Shrike 51
Lanius excubitor
Loggerhead Shrike 3
Lanius ludovicianus
Black-capped Chickadee 52
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 27
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 53
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 38
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 54
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 55
Sturnus vulgaris
Bewick's Wren 3
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 11
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 56
Turdus migratorius
Mountain Bluebird 57
Sialia currucoides
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 58
Regulus calendula
Dark-Eyed Junco 59
Junco hyemalis
Lark Sparrow 57
Chondestes grammacus
American Tree Sparrow 60
Spizelloides arborea
Lincoln's Sparrow 61
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 59
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 47
Spizella breweri
Chipping Sparrow 62
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 61
Spizella pusilla
White-throated Sparrow 54
Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow 63
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 64
Zonotrichia querula
Sage Sparrow 46
Amphispiza belli
Savannah Sparrow 65
Passerculus sandwichensis
Northern Mockingbird 6
Mimus polyglottos
Sage Thrasher 66
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 67
Passerina amoena
Blue Grosbeak 57
Passerina caerulea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 68
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Pheucticus melanocephalus

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