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-breasted Merganser ¹
Mergus serrator

Snow Goose ²
Anser caerulescens

Lesser Scaup ³
Aythya affinis

Redhead ⁴
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ⁵
Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup ⁶
Aythya marila

Canvasback ⁷
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ⁸
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ⁹
Branta canadensis

Hooded Merganser ¹⁰
Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey ¹¹
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ¹²
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ¹³
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ¹⁴
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹⁵
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ¹⁶
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ¹⁷
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ¹⁸
Buteo lagopus

Ferruginous Hawk ¹⁹
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ¹⁹
Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle ²⁰
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ²¹
Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin ²²
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ²³
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ⁵
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ²⁴
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ²⁵
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁷
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ²⁶
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ²⁷
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁷
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ²⁸
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole ⁷
Icterus bullockii

Western Meadowlark ²⁹
Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle ³⁰
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle ³¹
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ³²
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ³³
Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike ²⁹
Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee ³⁴
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ⁷
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ³⁵
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁹
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ³⁶
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ³⁷
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ³⁸
Sturnus vulgaris

Rock Wren ⁷
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ⁷
Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren ²⁹
Thryomanes bewickii

American Robin ³⁹
Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush ²⁷
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁴⁰
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ⁴¹
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ²⁷
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ³³
Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo ⁴²
Vireo gilvus

Plumbeous Vireo ⁷
Vireo plumbeus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁴³
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁴⁴
Regulus satrapa

Dark-Eyed Junco ⁴⁵
Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow ⁷
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ⁴¹
Chondestes grammacus

Sagebrush Sparrow ²⁹
Artemisiospiza nevadensis

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁴⁶
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁴⁵
Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow ⁴⁷
Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow ⁷
Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow ⁴⁸
Spizella passerina

White-crowned Sparrow ⁴⁹
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Green-tailed Towhee ⁷
Pipilo chlorurus

Eastern Towhee ¹⁰
Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Savannah Sparrow ⁵⁰
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁵¹
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ⁵²
Mimus polyglottos

Gray Catbird ⁷
Dumetella carolinensis

Lazuli Bunting ⁵¹
Passerina amoena

Indigo Bunting ³⁰
Passerina cyanea

Black-headed Grosbeak ²⁹
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Western Tanager ⁷
Piranga ludoviciana

American Pipit ⁷
Anthus rubescens

Wilson's Warbler ⁵³
Cardellina pusilla

Yellow-Rumped Warbler ⁵⁴
Setophaga coronata

Grace's Warbler ⁷
Setophaga graciae

Black-Throated Gray Warbler ²⁹
Setophaga nigrescens

American Yellow Warbler ⁴⁶
Setophaga petechia

Townsend's Warbler ⁵⁵
Setophaga townsendi

MacGillivray's Warbler ⁴⁷
Geothlypis tolmiei

Common Yellowthroat ¹⁰
Geothlypis trichas

Orange-crowned Warbler ⁵⁶
Leiothlypis celata

Virginia's Warbler ⁷
Leiothlypis virginiae

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ⁷
Polioptila caerulea

Horned Lark ⁵⁷
Eremophila alpestris

Cedar Waxwing ⁵⁸
Bombycilla cedrorum

Bohemian Waxwing ⁵
Bombycilla garrulus

Brown Creeper ⁵⁹
Certhia americana

American Dipper ²⁹
Cinclus mexicanus

California Scrub-Jay ⁵²
Aphelocoma californica

American Crow ⁶⁰
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁶¹
Corvus corax

Steller's Jay ⁶²
Cyanocitta stelleri

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Wildlife of Lone Mesa State Park

Red-breasted Merganser 1 Mergus serrator

Snow Goose 2 Anser caerulescens

Lesser Scaup 3 Aythya affinis

Redhead 4 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 5 Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup 6 Aythya marila

Canvasback 7 Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck 8 Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose 9 Branta canadensis

Hooded Merganser 10 Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey 11 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 12 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 13 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 14 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 16 Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 17 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 18 Buteo lagopus

Ferruginous Hawk 19 Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk 19 Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle 20 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant 21 Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin 22 Progne subis

Barn Swallow 23 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 5 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 24 Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow 25 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 26 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 27 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 7 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 28 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bullock's Oriole 7 Icterus bullockii

Western Meadowlark 29 Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle 30 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle 31 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 32 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 33 Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike 29 Lanius ludovicianus

Black-capped Chickadee 34 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 7 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 35 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 19 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 36 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 37 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 38 Sturnus vulgaris

Rock Wren 7 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 7 Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren 29 Thryomanes bewickii

American Robin 39 Turdus migratorius

Hermit Thrush 27 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 40 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 41 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 27 Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire 33 Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo 42 Vireo gilvus

Plumbeous Vireo 7 Vireo plumbeus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 43 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 44 Regulus satrapa

Dark-Eyed Junco 45 Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow 7 Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow 41 Chondestes grammacus

Sagebrush Sparrow 29 Artemisiospiza nevadensis

Lincoln's Sparrow 46 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 45 Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow 47 Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow 7 Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow 48 Spizella passerina

White-crowned Sparrow 49 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Green-tailed Towhee 7 Pipilo chlorurus

Eastern Towhee 10 Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Savannah Sparrow 50 Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat 51 Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird 52 Mimus polyglottos

Gray Catbird 7 Dumetella carolinensis

Lazuli Bunting 51 Passerina amoena

Indigo Bunting 30 Passerina cyanea

Black-headed Grosbeak 29 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Western Tanager 7 Piranga ludoviciana