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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 ↓

Lewis's Woodpecker 1
Melanerpes lewis
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
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker 7
Picoides tridactylus
Western Screech Owl 8
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 9
Glaucidium gnoma
Mexican Spotted Owl 10
Strix occidentalis lucida
Great Horned Owl 11
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 12
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 4
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 12
Aegolius acadicus
Flammulated Owl 4
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 13
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 14
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Pigeon 15
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
American Coot 17
Fulica americana
Greater Sandhill Crane 4
Antigone canadensis tabida
Turkey Vulture 18
Cathartes aura
Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse 19
Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
Dusky Grouse 4
Dendragapus obscurus
Greater Sage-Grouse 20
Centrocercus urophasianus
Ring-necked Pheasant 21
Phasianus colchicus
Baird's Sandpiper 22
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 23
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 24
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 25
Calidris pusilla
Short-billed Dowitcher 26
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 27
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 28
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 29
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 4
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 29
Tringa solitaria
Common Snipe 30
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 9
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper 31
Actitis macularius
Forster's Tern 32
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 33
Sterna hirundo
California Gull 34
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 35
Larus delawarensis
Kentish Plover 36
Charadrius alexandrinus
Killdeer 37
Charadrius vociferus
American Avocet 38
Recurvirostra americana
Pomarine Jaeger 39
Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Loon 4
Gavia immer
Horned Grebe 29
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 8
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 29
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 40
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 41
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 42
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 43
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 5
Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Blue Heron 40
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 30
Nycticorax nycticorax
Prairie Falcon 10
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 44
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 45
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 46
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 47
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Calliope Hummingbird 48
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 49
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 50
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 51
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 52
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 12
Mareca americana
Gadwall 53
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 12
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 20
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 12
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 54
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 55
Anas crecca
Mallard 56
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 12
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 1
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 1
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 53
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 57
Mergus serrator
Snow Goose 58
Anser caerulescens
Lesser Scaup 59
Aythya affinis
Redhead 60
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 12
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 61
Aythya marila
Canvasback 4
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 8
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 62
Branta canadensis
Hooded Merganser 63
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 64
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 65
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 66
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 67
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 68
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 50
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 69
Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk 70
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 70
Buteo swainsoni

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