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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 ↓

Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 2
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker 3
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 4
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 5
Dryobates villosus
Eastern Screech Owl 6
Megascops asio
Snowy Owl 7
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 8
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 3
Asio otus
Barn Owl 9
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 10
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 11
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 12
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 13
Zenaida macroura
Sora 14
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 15
Rallus limicola
American Coot 16
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 17
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 18
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 19
Colinus virginianus
Wild Turkey 20
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 21
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 22
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper 23
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 24
Calidris canutus
Stilt Sandpiper 25
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 26
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 27
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 28
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 29
Calidris pusilla
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 30
Calidris subruficollis
Short-Billed Dowitcher 31
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 32
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 33
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 34
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 3
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 34
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 14
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 27
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 35
Gallinago gallinago
Marbled Godwit 36
Limosa fedoa
Wilson's Phalarope 37
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 38
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 36
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 39
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 40
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 41
Larus argentatus
California Gull 42
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 43
Larus delawarensis
Kelp Gull 44
Larus dominicanus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 45
Larus fuscus
Sabine's Gull 3
Xema sabini
Franklin's Gull 46
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Semipalmated Plover 47
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 48
Charadrius vociferus
Black-bellied Plover 49
Pluvialis squatarola
American Avocet 50
Recurvirostra americana
Long-tailed Jaeger 51
Stercorarius longicaudus
Pomarine Jaeger 52
Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Loon 3
Gavia immer
Horned Grebe 34
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 53
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 14
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 54
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 55
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 56
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Reddish Egret 27
Egretta rufescens
Snowy Egret 28
Egretta thula
Great Blue Heron 14
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron 35
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 57
Nyctanassa violacea
Green Heron 58
Butorides virescens
Merlin 36
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 36
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 59
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 60
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 61
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 62
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 63
Selasphorus platycercus
American Wigeon 64
Mareca americana
Gadwall 65
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 64
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 66
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 64
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 67
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 68
Anas crecca
Mallard 69
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 64
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 70
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 70
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 65
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 71
Mergus serrator
Snow Goose 72
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 73
Aythya affinis
Redhead 74
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 64
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 75
Aythya marila
Canvasback 3
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 53
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 76
Branta canadensis

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