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Wildlife of Lone Mesa State Park

Lone Mesa State Park encompasses approximately 11,700 acres in Delores County, Colorado. The elevations of the park range from about 7,600 feet at lower Plateau Creek to 9,200 feet on Lone Mesa itself. Lone Mesa, a large mesa that towers almost 1000 feet above the surrounding areas, is a well ...more ↓

Red-spotted Toad 1
Anaxyrus punctatus
Western Boreal Toad 2
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Woodhouse's Toad 3
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Western Chorus Frog 4
Pseudacris triseriata
Northern Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates pipiens
Western Tiger Salamander 6
Ambystoma mavortium
Ornate Tree Lizard 7
Urosaurus ornatus
Sagebrush Lizard 8
Sceloporus graciosus
Eastern Fence Lizard 9
Sceloporus undulatus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 10
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Many-lined Skink 11
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Plateau Striped Whiptail 2
Aspidoscelis velox
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 2
Thamnophis elegans
Wandering Garter Snake 6
Thamnophis elegans vagrans
Striped Whipsnake 12
Coluber taeniatus
Gopher Snake 2
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth Green Snake 13
Opheodrys vernalis
Eastern Milksnake 14
Lampropeltis triangulum
Western Rattlesnake 15
Crotalus oreganus
Prairie Rattlesnake 2
Crotalus viridis
Lewis's Woodpecker 16
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 17
Colaptes auratus
Red-naped Sapsucker 18
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 9
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 19
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 20
Dryobates villosus
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker 21
Picoides tridactylus
Western Screech Owl 22
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 23
Glaucidium gnoma
Mexican Spotted Owl 24
Strix occidentalis lucida
Great Horned Owl 25
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 26
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 9
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 26
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 9
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 27
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 28
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 29
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 30
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 31
Fulica americana
Greater Sandhill Crane 9
Antigone canadensis tabida
Turkey Vulture 32
Cathartes aura
Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse 33
Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
Dusky Grouse 9
Dendragapus obscurus
Greater Sage-Grouse 34
Centrocercus urophasianus
Ring-necked Pheasant 35
Phasianus colchicus
Baird's Sandpiper 36
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 37
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 38
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 39
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowitcher 40
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 41
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 42
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 43
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 9
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 43
Tringa solitaria
Common Snipe 44
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 23
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 45
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 46
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 47
Sterna hirundo
California Gull 48
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 49
Larus delawarensis
Kentish Plover 50
Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer 51
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 52
Recurvirostra americana
Pomarine Jaeger 53
Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Loon 9
Gavia immer
Horned Grebe 43
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 22
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 43
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 54
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 55
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 56
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 57
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 19
Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Blue Heron 54
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 44
Nycticorax nycticorax
Prairie Falcon 24
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 58
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 59
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 60
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 61
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Calliope Hummingbird 62
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 63
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 64
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 65
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 66
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 26
Mareca americana
Gadwall 67
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 26
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 34
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 26
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 68
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 69
Anas crecca
Mallard 70
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 26
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 16
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 16
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 67
Mergus merganser

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