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Wildlife of Jackson Lake State Park

Commonly referred to as an “oasis on the prairie,” Jackson Lake State Park consists of 440 acres of land and 2,700 acres of water, making it one of the largest reservoirs in the state. The reservoir is in Morgan County, bordering Morgan County Road 3, in the Great Plains region of northeastern ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Western Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris triseriata
American Bullfrog 3
Lithobates catesbeianus
Plains Spadefoot Toad 4
Spea bombifrons
Northern Prairie Lizard 5
Sceloporus undulatus garmani
Pygmy Short-Horned Lizard 6
Phrynosoma douglasii
Western Earless Lizard 7
Holbrookia maculata
Six-lined Racerunner 8
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Plains Garter Snake 9
Thamnophis radix
Common Garter Snake 10
Thamnophis sirtalis
Plains Hognose Snake 11
Heterodon nasicus
Yellowbelly Racer 12
Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Gopher Snake 13
Pituophis catenifer
Spiny Softshell 14
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 15
Chelydra serpentina
Painted Turtle 13
Chrysemys picta
Red-headed Woodpecker 16
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 17
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker 5
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 18
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 19
Dryobates villosus
Eastern Screech Owl 20
Megascops asio
Snowy Owl 21
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 22
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 5
Asio otus
Barn Owl 23
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 24
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 25
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 26
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 27
Zenaida macroura
Sora 28
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 29
Rallus limicola
American Coot 30
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 31
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 32
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 33
Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey 34
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 35
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 36
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper 37
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 38
Calidris canutus
Stilt Sandpiper 39
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 40
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 41
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 42
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 43
Calidris pusilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 44
Calidris subruficollis
Short-Billed Dowitcher 45
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 46
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 47
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 48
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 5
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 48
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 28
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 41
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 49
Gallinago gallinago
Marbled Godwit 50
Limosa fedoa
Wilson's Phalarope 51
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 52
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 50
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 53
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 54
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 55
Larus argentatus
California Gull 56
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 57
Larus delawarensis
Kelp Gull 58
Larus dominicanus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 59
Larus fuscus
Sabine's Gull 5
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 60
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Semipalmated Plover 61
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 62
Charadrius vociferus
Black-bellied Plover 63
Pluvialis squatarola
American Avocet 64
Recurvirostra americana
Long-tailed Jaeger 65
Stercorarius longicaudus
Pomarine Jaeger 66
Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Loon 5
Gavia immer
Horned Grebe 48
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 67
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 28
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 68
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 69
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 70
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Reddish Egret 41
Egretta rufescens
Snowy Egret 42
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 28
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 49
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 71
Nyctanassa violacea
Green Heron 72
Butorides virescens
Merlin 50
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 50
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 73
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 74
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 75
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 76
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 77
Selasphorus platycercus
American Wigeon 78
Mareca americana
Gadwall 79
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 78
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 80
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 78
Spatula discors

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