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 ↓

Northern rough-winged swallow ¹
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ²
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Rusty Blackbird ³
Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's blackbird ⁴
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ¹
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed blackbird ⁵
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink ⁶
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole ¹
Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole ⁷
Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole ⁸
Icterus spurius

Eastern Meadowlark ⁹
Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark ¹⁰
Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed grackle ¹¹
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle ¹²
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged blackbird ¹³
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ¹⁴
Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike ¹⁰
Lanius ludovicianus

Black-Capped Chickadee ¹⁵
Poecile atricapillus

House Sparrow ¹⁶
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁷
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁸
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ¹⁹
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ²⁰
Sturnus vulgaris

Rock Wren ¹
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ¹
Troglodytes aedon

Marsh Wren ²¹
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ²²
Turdus migratorius

Veery ²³
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ⁴
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ²⁴
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ²⁵
Sialia currucoides

Eastern Bluebird ²⁶
Sialia sialis

Townsend's solitaire ¹⁴
Myadestes townsendi

Wood Thrush ²⁷
Hylocichla mustelina

Varied Thrush ²⁸
Ixoreus naevius

Bell's Vireo ¹
Vireo bellii

Warbling Vireo ²⁹
Vireo gilvus

Red-eyed Vireo ¹⁸
Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo ¹⁴
Vireo philadelphicus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ⁸
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ³⁰
Regulus satrapa

McCown's longspur ¹
Rhynchophanes mccownii

Snow bunting ³¹
Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland longspur ¹⁰
Calcarius lapponicus

Chestnut-collared Longspur ³²
Calcarius ornatus

Dark-eyed Junco ³³
Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper sparrow ¹⁰
Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper sparrow ¹
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark sparrow ²⁵
Chondestes grammacus

Lark bunting ¹
Calamospiza melanocorys

American Tree Sparrow ³⁴
Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's sparrow ³⁵
Peucaea cassinii

Swamp sparrow ³⁶
Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow ³⁷
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ³³
Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow ³⁸
Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow ¹
Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow ³⁹
Spizella passerina

Field Sparrow ³⁷
Spizella pusilla

White-throated Sparrow ¹⁸
Zonotrichia albicollis

White-crowned sparrow ⁴⁰
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow ⁴¹
Zonotrichia querula

Green-tailed Towhee ¹
Pipilo chlorurus

Spotted Towhee ⁴²
Pipilo maculatus

Savannah sparrow ⁴³
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁴⁴
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ⁶
Mimus polyglottos

Curve-billed thrasher ⁴⁵
Toxostoma curvirostre

Brown Thrasher ⁴⁶
Toxostoma rufum

Gray catbird ¹
Dumetella carolinensis

Sage thrasher ⁴⁷
Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting ⁴⁴
Passerina amoena

Blue grosbeak ²⁵
Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting ¹¹
Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted grosbeak ⁴⁸
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed grosbeak ¹⁰
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Dickcissel ¹
Spiza americana

Northern Cardinal ⁴⁹
Cardinalis cardinalis

Western Tanager ¹
Piranga ludoviciana

Summer Tanager ⁵⁰
Piranga rubra

American Pipit ¹
Anthus rubescens

Wilson's warbler ⁵¹
Cardellina pusilla

Ovenbird ⁵²
Seiurus aurocapilla

Northern parula ⁸
Setophaga americana

Black-throated blue warbler ⁵³
Setophaga caerulescens

Bay-breasted warbler ⁵⁴
Setophaga castanea

Hooded warbler ²⁷
Setophaga citrina

Yellow-rumped warbler ⁵⁵
Setophaga coronata

Blackburnian warbler ⁵⁶
Setophaga fusca

Magnolia warbler ⁵⁷
Setophaga magnolia

Black-throated gray warbler ¹⁰
Setophaga nigrescens

Palm warbler ⁵⁸
Setophaga palmarum

Chestnut-sided warbler ⁵⁹
Setophaga pensylvanica

American yellow warbler ³⁷
Setophaga petechia

American Redstart ⁶⁰
Setophaga ruticilla

Blackpoll warbler ⁶¹
Setophaga striata

Cape May warbler ⁶²
Setophaga tigrina

Townsend's warbler ⁶³
Setophaga townsendi

Black-throated green warbler ⁸
Setophaga virens

Black-and-white Warbler ⁶⁴
Mniotilta varia

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Wildlife of North Sterling State Park

Northern rough-winged swallow 1 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 2 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Rusty Blackbird 3 Euphagus carolinus

Brewer's blackbird 4 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed blackbird 5 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink 6 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole 1 Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole 7 Icterus galbula

Orchard Oriole 8 Icterus spurius

Eastern Meadowlark 9 Sturnella magna

Western Meadowlark 10 Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed grackle 11 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle 12 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged blackbird 13 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 14 Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike 10 Lanius ludovicianus

Black-Capped Chickadee 15 Poecile atricapillus

House Sparrow 16 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 17 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 18 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 19 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 20 Sturnus vulgaris

Rock Wren 1 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 1 Troglodytes aedon

Marsh Wren 21 Cistothorus palustris

American Robin 22 Turdus migratorius

Veery 23 Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush 4 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 24 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 25 Sialia currucoides

Eastern Bluebird 26 Sialia sialis

Townsend's solitaire 14 Myadestes townsendi

Wood Thrush 27 Hylocichla mustelina

Varied Thrush 28 Ixoreus naevius

Bell's Vireo 1 Vireo bellii

Warbling Vireo 29 Vireo gilvus

Red-eyed Vireo 18 Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo 14 Vireo philadelphicus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 30 Regulus satrapa

McCown's longspur 1 Rhynchophanes mccownii

Snow bunting 31 Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland longspur 10 Calcarius lapponicus

Chestnut-collared Longspur 32 Calcarius ornatus

Dark-eyed Junco 33 Junco hyemalis

Grasshopper sparrow 10 Ammodramus savannarum

Vesper sparrow 1 Pooecetes gramineus

Lark sparrow 25 Chondestes grammacus

Lark bunting 1 Calamospiza melanocorys

American Tree Sparrow 34 Spizelloides arborea

Cassin's sparrow 35 Peucaea cassinii

Swamp sparrow 36 Melospiza georgiana

Lincoln's Sparrow 37 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 33 Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow 38 Spizella breweri

Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Spizella pallida

Chipping Sparrow 39 Spizella passerina

Field Sparrow 37 Spizella pusilla

White-throated Sparrow 18 Zonotrichia albicollis

White-crowned sparrow 40 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Harris's Sparrow 41 Zonotrichia querula

Green-tailed Towhee 1 Pipilo chlorurus

Spotted Towhee 42 Pipilo maculatus

Savannah sparrow 43 Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat 44 Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird 6 Mimus polyglottos

Curve-billed thrasher 45 Toxostoma curvirostre

Brown Thrasher 46 Toxostoma rufum

Gray catbird 1 Dumetella carolinensis

Sage thrasher 47 Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting 44 Passerina amoena

Blue grosbeak 25 Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting 11 Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted grosbeak 48 Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed grosbeak 10 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Dickcissel 1 Spiza americana

Northern Cardinal 49 Cardinalis cardinalis

Western Tanager 1 Piranga ludoviciana