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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 ↓

Greater Roadrunner 1
Geococcyx californianus
Northern Flicker 2
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 3
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 4
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 5
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 6
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech Owl 7
Megascops kennicottii
Great Horned Owl 8
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 9
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 10
Asio otus
Flammulated Owl 10
Psiloscops flammeolus
Belted Kingfisher 11
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared-Dove 12
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 13
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 14
Zenaida macroura
Sora 15
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 16
Rallus limicola
American Coot 17
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 18
Cathartes aura
Wild Turkey 19
Meleagris gallopavo
Least Sandpiper 4
Calidris minutilla
Willet 10
Tringa semipalmata
Common Snipe 20
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 21
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 22
Actitis macularius
Caspian Tern 23
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 24
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 25
Chlidonias niger
Herring Gull 26
Larus argentatus
California Gull 27
Larus californicus
Lesser Black-backed Gull 28
Larus fuscus
Iceland Gull 29
Larus glaucoides
Black-legged Kittiwake 30
Rissa tridactyla
Franklin's Gull 31
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Killdeer 32
Charadrius vociferus
Pacific Loon 33
Gavia pacifica
Eared Grebe 7
Podiceps nigricollis
Western Grebe 15
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 34
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 35
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron 15
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 20
Nycticorax nycticorax
American Kestrel 36
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 4
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 37
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 38
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 39
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 40
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 9
Mareca americana
Gadwall 41
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 9
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 42
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 9
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 43
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 44
Anas crecca
Mallard 45
Anas platyrhynchos
Barrow's Goldeneye 46
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 41
Mergus merganser
Snow Goose 47
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 48
Aythya affinis
Redhead 49
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 9
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 10
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 7
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 50
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 51
Branta hutchinsii
Hooded Merganser 52
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 15
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 53
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 54
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 55
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 56
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 57
Buteo jamaicensis
Swainson's Hawk 58
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 59
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 60
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 61
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 9
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 33
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Brewer's Blackbird 62
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 63
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 10
Icterus bullockii
Western Meadowlark 4
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 64
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 65
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 66
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 4
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 67
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 68
Poecile atricapillus
House Sparrow 69
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 58
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 70
Sturnus vulgaris
Rock Wren 10
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 10
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 4
Thryomanes bewickii
American Robin 71
Turdus migratorius

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