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Wildlife of North Sterling State Park

North Sterling State Park is located on the high plains of northeast Colorado in Logan County, 12 miles north of the town of Sterling and 20 miles south of the Nebraska border. The Pawnee National Grasslands are 20 miles to the west and the Chimney Canyons bluffs are just north of the park. The ...more ↓

Great Plains toad 1
Anaxyrus cognatus
Woodhouse's Toad 2
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Northern Cricket Frog 3
Acris crepitans
Western Chorus Frog 4
Pseudacris triseriata
Plains leopard frog 5
Lithobates blairi
American bullfrog 6
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 7
Lithobates pipiens
Plains Spadefoot 8
Spea bombifrons
Western Tiger Salamander 9
Ambystoma mavortium
Northern Prairie Lizard 10
Sceloporus undulatus garmani
Greater short-horned lizard 11
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Western Earless Lizard 12
Holbrookia maculata
Many-Lined Skink 13
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Variable skink 13
Plestiodon multivirgatus epipleurotus
Great Plains skink 14
Plestiodon obsoletus
Six-Lined Racerunner 1
Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Six-lined Racerunner 15
Aspidoscelis sexlineatus
Plains Garter Snake 16
Thamnophis radix
Red-sided Garter Snake 17
Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis
Northern Watersnake 18
Nerodia sipedon
Plains Hognose Snake 13
Heterodon nasicus
Coachwhip 19
Masticophis flagellum
Yellowbelly Racer 19
Coluber constrictor flaviventris
Glossy Snake 20
Arizona elegans
Plains Black-headed Snake 10
Tantilla nigriceps
Gopher Snake 21
Pituophis catenifer
Milk snake 22
Lampropeltis triangulum
Prairie Rattlesnake 21
Crotalus viridis
Spiny softshell turtle 23
Apalone spinifera
Common Snapping Turtle 24
Chelydra serpentina
Yellow mud turtle 25
Kinosternon flavescens
Painted Turtle 21
Chrysemys picta
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 26
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed cuckoo 10
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Greater roadrunner 27
Geococcyx californianus
Red-bellied woodpecker 28
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed woodpecker 29
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Lewis's Woodpecker 30
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 31
Colaptes auratus
Downy Woodpecker 32
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 33
Dryobates villosus
Eastern screech owl 34
Megascops asio
Burrowing Owl 35
Athene cunicularia
Snowy Owl 36
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 37
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 38
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 10
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 38
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl 39
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 40
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 41
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 42
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 43
Zenaida macroura
Sora 44
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 45
Rallus limicola
American Coot 35
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 46
Antigone canadensis
Greater Sandhill Crane 10
Antigone canadensis tabida
Whooping Crane 47
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 48
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 49
Colinus virginianus
Greater prairie chicken 50
Tympanuchus cupido
Sharp-tailed Grouse 51
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Wild Turkey 52
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 53
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 54
Calidris alba
Dunlin 55
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 56
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 57
Calidris canutus
White-rumped Sandpiper 10
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 58
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 59
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 60
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 61
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 54
Calidris pusilla
Buff-breasted sandpiper 10
Calidris subruficollis
Short-billed dowitcher 62
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed dowitcher 63
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 64
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 57
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 10
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 57
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed curlew 44
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 60
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 65
Gallinago gallinago
Ruddy Turnstone 66
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 67
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 68
Limosa haemastica
Red-necked Phalarope 44
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 69
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland sandpiper 10
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted sandpiper 70
Actitis macularius
Least Tern 71
Sternula antillarum
Caspian tern 67
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 72
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 73
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 74
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 57
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 75
Larus argentatus
California Gull 76
Larus californicus

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