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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 ↓

Blackpoll Warbler 1
Setophaga striata
Townsend's Warbler 2
Setophaga townsendi
Northern Waterthrush 3
Parkesia noveboracensis
Mourning Warbler 4
Geothlypis philadelphia
MacGillivray's Warbler 5
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 6
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler 7
Leiothlypis celata
Tennessee Warbler 8
Leiothlypis peregrina
Virginia's Warbler 9
Leiothlypis virginiae
Horned Lark 10
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 11
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 12
Certhia americana
American Crow 13
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 14
Cyanocitta cristata
Black-billed Magpie 15
Pica hudsonia
Common Redpoll 16
Acanthis flammea
Pine Siskin 17
Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch 18
Spinus tristis
House Finch 19
Haemorhous mexicanus
Evening Grosbeak 20
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-Sided Flycatcher 21
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 22
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 23
Empidonax hammondii
Cordilleran Flycatcher 9
Empidonax occidentalis
Eastern Kingbird 24
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 25
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 26
Tyrannus vociferans
Say's Phoebe 27
Sayornis saya
Common Opossum 28
Didelphis marsupialis
Desert Cottontail 29
Sylvilagus audubonii
Eastern Cottontail 30
Sylvilagus floridanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 31
Lepus californicus
Eastern White-tailed Jackrabbit 32
Lepus townsendii campanius
Fox Squirrel 33
Sciurus niger
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 9
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Spotted Ground Squirrel 34
Xerospermophilus spilosoma
American Beaver 35
Castor canadensis
Plains Pocket Gopher 36
Geomys bursarius
Plains Pocket Mouse 37
Perognathus flavescens
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 38
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 39
Erethizon dorsatum
Muskrat 40
Ondatra zibethicus
Prairie Vole 41
Microtus ochrogaster
Meadow Vole 42
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Deer Mouse 43
Peromyscus maniculatus
Western Harvest Mouse 44
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 45
Onychomys leucogaster
Mule Deer 46
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 47
Odocoileus virginianus
Pronghorn 48
Antilocapra americana
Big Brown Bat 49
Eptesicus fuscus
Hoary Bat 50
Lasiurus cinereus
Little Brown Bat 51
Myotis lucifugus
Common Raccoon 52
Procyon lotor
Long-tailed Weasel 53
Mustela frenata
American Badger 54
Taxidea taxus
Striped Skunk 55
Mephitis mephitis
Coyote 56
Canis latrans
Red Fox 57
Vulpes vulpes
North American Least Shrew 58
Cryptotis parva
Crappies 59
Pomoxis
Walleye 60
Sander vitreus
Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens
Freshwater Drum 61
Aplodinotus grunniens
White × Striped Bass 62
Morone chrysops × saxatilis
Rainbow Trout 63
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Channel Catfish 64
Ictalurus punctatus
European Carp 65
Cyprinus carpio
Gizzard Shads 66
Dorosoma
Common Checkered-Skipper 67
Burnsius communis
Viceroy 68
Limenitis archippus
Monarch 33
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 69
Strymon melinus
Western Pygmy-Blue 70
Brephidium exilis
Orange Sulphur 71
Colias eurytheme
Clouded Sulphur 71
Colias philodice
Fall Webworm Moth 72
Hyphantria cunea
Celery Looper Moth 58
Anagrapha falcifera
Tobacco Budworm Moth 73
Chloridea virescens
Corn Earworm Moth 74
Helicoverpa zea
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 75
Loxostege cereralis
Leach's Grass-veneer 76
Crambus leachellus
Colpa pollenifera 77
Brown-belted Bumblebee 78
Bombus griseocollis
American Bumble Bee 79
Bombus pensylvanicus
Five-banded Thynnid Wasp 80
Myzinum quinquecinctum
Punctured Tiger Beetle 81
Cicindela punctulata
Bronzed Tiger Beetle 82
Cicindela repanda
Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle 83
Cicindela tranquebarica
Convergent Lady Beetle 84
Hippodamia convergens
Black-sided Meadow Katydid 85
Conocephalus nigropleurum
Carolina Grasshopper 86
Dissosteira carolina
Spotted Wing Grasshopper 41
Cordillacris occipitalis
White-whiskered grasshopper 87
Ageneotettix deorum
Differential Grasshopper 88
Melanoplus differentialis
Cole's Bush Cicada 89
Megatibicen tremulus
Halloween Pennant 90
Celithemis eponina
White-faced Meadowhawk 75
Sympetrum obtrusum
Band-winged Meadowhawk 44
Sympetrum semicinctum
Northern Spreadwing 91
Lestes disjunctus

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