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Wildlife of Lathrop State Park

Lathrop State Park encompasses 1,434 acres of land and 320 acres of water. It is located about 90 miles south of Colorado Springs and 50 miles north of the Colorado-New Mexico state line. The principle features are Horseshoe and Martin Lakes, two of the largest reservoirs in the area, and ...more ↓

Swainson's Hawk 1
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 2
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 4
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 5
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 6
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 8
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 9
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 7
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 10
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 11
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 12
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 10
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 14
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Poecile atricapillus
House Sparrow 16
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 17
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 18
Sturnus vulgaris
Rock Wren 7
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 7
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 10
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 19
Turdus migratorius
Veery 20
Catharus fuscescens
Mountain Bluebird 21
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 8
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 22
Myadestes townsendi
Warbling Vireo 23
Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo 17
Vireo olivaceus
Plumbeous Vireo 7
Vireo plumbeus
Gray Vireo 7
Vireo vicinior
Dark-eyed Junco 24
Junco hyemalis
Grasshopper Sparrow 10
Ammodramus savannarum
Vesper Sparrow 7
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 25
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 7
Calamospiza melanocorys
Song Sparrow 24
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 26
Spizella passerina
Green-tailed Towhee 7
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 27
Pipilo maculatus
Canyon Towhee 6
Melozone fusca
Savannah Sparrow 28
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 29
Icteria virens
Sage Thrasher 10
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 30
Passerina amoena
Blue Grosbeak 25
Passerina caerulea
Black-headed Grosbeak 10
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 7
Piranga ludoviciana
Wilson's Warbler 31
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-Rumped Warbler 32
Setophaga coronata
Black-Throated Gray Warbler 10
Setophaga nigrescens
American Yellow Warbler 33
Setophaga petechia
Cape May Warbler 34
Setophaga tigrina
Townsend's Warbler 35
Setophaga townsendi
MacGillivray's Warbler 36
Geothlypis tolmiei
Virginia's Warbler 7
Leiothlypis virginiae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 37
Psaltriparus minimus
Cedar Waxwing 38
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 39
Certhia americana
California Scrub-Jay 40
Aphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 41
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 42
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 43
Corvus corax
Black-billed Magpie 44
Pica hudsonia
Pinyon Jay 45
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 46
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 47
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 10
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 48
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 10
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 49
Haemorhous mexicanus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 6
Myiarchus cinerascens
Western Wood-Pewee 50
Contopus sordidulus
Dusky Flycatcher 7
Empidonax oberholseri
Willow Flycatcher 40
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 7
Empidonax wrightii
Eastern Kingbird 51
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 30
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 52
Tyrannus vociferans
Say's Phoebe 40
Sayornis saya
Virginia Opossum 53
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 54
Sylvilagus audubonii
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 55
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 10
Lepus townsendii
Least Chipmunk 56
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 57
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Rock Squirrel 58
Otospermophilus variegatus
Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel 7
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
American Beaver 59
Castor canadensis
Yellow-Faced Pocket Gopher 60
Cratogeomys castanops
Botta's Pocket Gopher 61
Thomomys bottae
Hispid Pocket Mouse 62
Chaetodipus hispidus
Olive-Backed Pocket Mouse 63
Perognathus fasciatus
Silky Pocket Mouse 62
Perognathus flavus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 64
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 65
Erethizon dorsatum

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