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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 ↓

American Pipit 1
Anthus rubescens
Wilson's Warbler 2
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-Rumped Warbler 3
Setophaga coronata
Black-Throated Gray Warbler 4
Setophaga nigrescens
American Yellow Warbler 5
Setophaga petechia
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Mniotilta varia
Orange-Crowned Warbler 7
Oreothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 1
Oreothlypis virginiae
Northern Waterthrush 8
Parkesia noveboracensis
MacGillivray's Warbler 9
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 10
Geothlypis trichas
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 11
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 12
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 13
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 14
Certhia americana
California Scrub-Jay 15
Aphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 16
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 17
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 18
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 19
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 20
Pica hudsonia
Pinyon Jay 21
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Pine Siskin 22
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 23
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 24
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 4
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 25
Haemorhous mexicanus
Evening Grosbeak 26
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Western Wood-Pewee 27
Contopus sordidulus
Willow Flycatcher 15
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 1
Empidonax wrightii
Eastern Kingbird 28
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 29
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 15
Sayornis saya
Desert Cottontail 30
Sylvilagus audubonii
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 31
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 4
Lepus townsendii
Rock Squirrel 32
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel 33
Callospermophilus lateralis
White-tailed Prairie Dog 34
Cynomys leucurus
Least Chipmunk 35
Tamias minimus
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel 25
Ammospermophilus leucurus
American Beaver 36
Castor canadensis
Northern Pocket Gopher 37
Thomomys talpoides
Plains Pocket Mouse 38
Perognathus flavescens
North American Porcupine 39
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 40
Ondatra zibethicus
Canyon Mouse 41
Peromyscus crinitus
Deer Mouse 42
Peromyscus maniculatus
Pinyon Mouse 43
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 33
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 44
Onychomys leucogaster
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 45
Neotoma cinerea
Desert Woodrat 46
Neotoma lepida
Mule Deer 47
Odocoileus hemionus
Pronghorn 48
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 49
Eptesicus fuscus
Silver-haired Bat 50
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Hoary Bat 51
Lasiurus cinereus
Pallid Bat 52
Antrozous pallidus
Townsend's Big-Eared Bat 33
Corynorhinus townsendii
Canyon Bat 53
Parastrellus hesperus
California Myotis 54
Myotis californicus
Western Small-footed Bat 55
Myotis ciliolabrum
Miller's Myotis 56
Myotis evotis
Little Brown Bat 57
Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis 58
Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis 49
Myotis volans
Yuma Myotis 33
Myotis yumanensis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 59
Tadarida brasiliensis
Common Raccoon 60
Procyon lotor
Ringtail 61
Bassariscus astutus
Long-tailed Weasel 62
Mustela frenata
Black-footed Ferret 63
Mustela nigripes
American Mink 64
Neovison vison
American Badger 65
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 66
Mephitis mephitis
Western Spotted Skunk 67
Spilogale gracilis
Bobcat 68
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 69
Puma concolor
Coyote 70
Canis latrans
Kit Fox 71
Vulpes macrotis
Red Fox 72
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 73
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Largemouth Bass 74
Micropterus salmoides
Western Black Widow 75
Latrodectus hesperus
Bold Jumping Spider 76
Phidippus audax
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 41
Bombus griseocollis
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 77
Megarhyssa macrurus
Red-femured Milkweed Borer 41
Tetraopes femoratus
Band-winged Meadowhawk 78
Sympetrum semicinctum
Common Green Darner 79
Anax junius
Tule Bluet 78
Enallagma carunculatum
Exotic Streaktail 80
Allograpta exotica
European Mantis 81
Mantis religiosa

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