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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 ↓

Ring-billed Gull 1
Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull 2
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 3
Larus hyperboreus
Black-legged Kittiwake 4
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 5
Xema sabini
Franklin's gull 6
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish plover 7
Charadrius alexandrinus
Piping Plover 8
Charadrius melodus
Mountain plover 9
Charadrius montanus
Western Snowy Plover 10
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated plover 11
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 12
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 13
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 14
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked stilt 15
Himantopus mexicanus
American avocet 16
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic jaeger 9
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine jaeger 17
Stercorarius pomarinus
Yellow-billed Loon 18
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 5
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 14
Gavia pacifica
Horned Grebe 14
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 19
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 20
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 14
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western grebe 10
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed grebe 21
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 22
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 23
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Least Bittern 9
Ixobrychus exilis
American bittern 24
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 25
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 26
Egretta thula
Tricolored Heron 5
Egretta tricolor
Great Egret 10
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 10
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned night heron 27
Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 28
Nyctanassa violacea
Cattle Egret 9
Bubulcus ibis
Striated heron 29
Butorides striata
Merlin 30
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 30
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 31
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 32
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 9
Chordeiles minor
Common poorwill 33
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed hummingbird 2
Selasphorus platycercus
White-throated swift 34
Aeronautes saxatalis
Chimney Swift 9
Chaetura pelagica
American Wigeon 35
Mareca americana
Gadwall 36
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 35
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 37
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-Winged Teal 35
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 38
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra swan 39
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 40
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 41
Anas crecca
Mallard 42
Anas platyrhynchos
American Black Duck 43
Anas rubripes
Bufflehead 35
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 15
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 15
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 36
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 44
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 45
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 46
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 47
Anser rossii
White-winged Scoter 35
Melanitta fusca
Common Scoter 48
Melanitta nigra
Lesser Scaup 49
Aythya affinis
Redhead 50
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 35
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 51
Aythya marila
Canvasback 5
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 20
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 52
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 53
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 54
Aix sponsa
Hooded merganser 43
Lophodytes cucullatus
Long-tailed Duck 55
Clangula hyemalis
Osprey 56
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 57
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 58
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 59
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 60
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 61
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 62
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 63
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 64
Buteo lagopus
Broad-winged Hawk 65
Buteo platypterus
Ferruginous Hawk 66
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 66
Buteo swainsoni
Bald eagle 67
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi kite 2
Ictinia mississippiensis
Double-crested cormorant 68
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 69
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 35
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green swallow 14
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 7
Riparia riparia

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