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 ↓

Worm-eating Warbler ¹
Helmitheros vermivorum

Prothonotary Warbler ²
Protonotaria citrea

Northern waterthrush ³
Parkesia noveboracensis

MacGillivray's warbler ⁴
Geothlypis tolmiei

Common Yellowthroat ⁵
Geothlypis trichas

Orange-crowned Warbler ⁶
Leiothlypis celata

Tennessee Warbler ⁷
Leiothlypis peregrina

Nashville Warbler ²
Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Virginia's Warbler ¹
Leiothlypis virginiae

Golden-winged warbler ¹
Vermivora chrysoptera

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ¹
Polioptila caerulea

Horned Lark ⁸
Eremophila alpestris

Cedar waxwing ⁹
Bombycilla cedrorum

Brown Creeper ¹⁰
Certhia americana

American crow ¹¹
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ¹²
Corvus corax

Blue Jay ¹³
Cyanocitta cristata

Steller's Jay ¹⁴
Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie ¹⁵
Pica hudsonia

Pinyon jay ¹⁶
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill ¹⁷
Loxia curvirostra

White-winged Crossbill ¹⁸
Loxia leucoptera

Common redpoll ¹⁹
Acanthis flammea

Hoary Redpoll ¹⁹
Acanthis hornemanni

Pine Siskin ²⁰
Spinus pinus

American Goldfinch ²¹
Spinus tristis

Cassin's finch ²²
Haemorhous cassinii

House finch ²³
Haemorhous mexicanus

Pine Grosbeak ²⁴
Pinicola enucleator

Evening Grosbeak ²⁵
Coccothraustes vespertinus

Great Crested Flycatcher ¹
Myiarchus crinitus

Olive-sided flycatcher ²⁶
Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee ²⁷
Contopus sordidulus

Least Flycatcher ²
Empidonax minimus

Cordilleran flycatcher ¹
Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher ²⁸
Empidonax traillii

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher ²⁹
Tyrannus forficatus

Eastern Kingbird ³⁰
Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird ³¹
Tyrannus verticalis

Cassin's Kingbird ³²
Tyrannus vociferans

Eastern Phoebe ³³
Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe ²⁸
Sayornis saya

Virginia Opossum ³⁴
Didelphis virginiana

Desert Cottontail ³⁵
Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail ³⁶
Sylvilagus floridanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit ³⁷
Lepus californicus

White-tailed Jackrabbit ²²
Lepus townsendii

Fox Squirrel ²⁹
Sciurus niger

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel ¹
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Spotted ground squirrel ³⁸
Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Black-tailed prairie dog ³⁹
Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver ⁴⁰
Castor canadensis

Plains Pocket Gopher ⁴¹
Geomys bursarius

Northern Pocket Gopher ⁴²
Thomomys talpoides

Hispid pocket mouse ⁴³
Chaetodipus hispidus

Plains pocket mouse ⁴⁴
Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse ⁴³
Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat ⁴⁵
Dipodomys ordii

North American Porcupine ⁴⁶
Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse ⁴⁷
Mus musculus

Muskrat ⁴⁸
Ondatra zibethicus

Prairie vole ⁴⁹
Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow vole ⁵⁰
Microtus pennsylvanicus

North American Deermouse ⁵¹
Peromyscus maniculatus

Western harvest mouse ⁵²
Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains harvest mouse ⁵³
Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern grasshopper mouse ⁵⁴
Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat ⁵⁵
Neotoma cinerea

Mule deer ⁵⁶
Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed deer ⁵⁷
Odocoileus virginianus

Elk ⁵⁸
Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn ⁵⁹
Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat ⁴³
Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired bat ⁶⁰
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Eastern Red Bat ⁶¹
Lasiurus borealis

Hoary Bat ⁶²
Lasiurus cinereus

Western Small-footed Myotis ⁶³
Myotis ciliolabrum

Little Brown Bat ⁶⁴
Myotis lucifugus

Big free-tailed bat ⁶⁵
Nyctinomops macrotis

Common Raccoon ⁶⁶
Procyon lotor

North American river otter ⁶⁷
Lontra canadensis

Long-tailed Weasel ⁶⁸
Mustela frenata

American mink ⁶⁹
Neovison vison

American Badger ⁷⁰
Taxidea taxus

Striped Skunk ⁷¹
Mephitis mephitis

Eastern Spotted Skunk ⁷²
Spilogale putorius

Bobcat ⁷³
Lynx rufus

Mountain Lion ⁷⁴
Puma concolor

Coyote ⁷⁵
Canis latrans

Swift Fox ²²
Vulpes velox

Red Fox ⁷⁶
Vulpes vulpes

North American Least Shrew ⁷⁷
Cryptotis parva

Masked Shrew ⁷⁸
Sorex cinereus

Eastern Mole ⁷⁹
Scalopus aquaticus

Smallmouth bass ⁸⁰
Micropterus dolomieu

Largemouth bass ⁸¹
Micropterus salmoides

Green Sunfish ⁸²
Lepomis cyanellus

Bluegill ⁸³
Lepomis macrochirus

Sauger ⁸⁴
Sander canadensis

Walleye ⁸⁵
Sander vitreus

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Wildlife of North Sterling State Park

Worm-eating Warbler 1 Helmitheros vermivorum

Prothonotary Warbler 2 Protonotaria citrea

Northern waterthrush 3 Parkesia noveboracensis

MacGillivray's warbler 4 Geothlypis tolmiei

Common Yellowthroat 5 Geothlypis trichas

Orange-crowned Warbler 6 Leiothlypis celata

Tennessee Warbler 7 Leiothlypis peregrina

Nashville Warbler 2 Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Virginia's Warbler 1 Leiothlypis virginiae

Golden-winged warbler 1 Vermivora chrysoptera

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Polioptila caerulea

Horned Lark 8 Eremophila alpestris

Cedar waxwing 9 Bombycilla cedrorum

Brown Creeper 10 Certhia americana

American crow 11 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 12 Corvus corax

Blue Jay 13 Cyanocitta cristata

Steller's Jay 14 Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie 15 Pica hudsonia

Pinyon jay 16 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill 17 Loxia curvirostra

White-winged Crossbill 18 Loxia leucoptera

Common redpoll 19 Acanthis flammea

Hoary Redpoll 19 Acanthis hornemanni

Pine Siskin 20 Spinus pinus

American Goldfinch 21 Spinus tristis

Cassin's finch 22 Haemorhous cassinii

House finch 23 Haemorhous mexicanus

Pine Grosbeak 24 Pinicola enucleator

Evening Grosbeak 25 Coccothraustes vespertinus

Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Myiarchus crinitus

Olive-sided flycatcher 26 Contopus cooperi

Western Wood-Pewee 27 Contopus sordidulus

Least Flycatcher 2 Empidonax minimus

Cordilleran flycatcher 1 Empidonax occidentalis

Willow Flycatcher 28 Empidonax traillii

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 29 Tyrannus forficatus

Eastern Kingbird 30 Tyrannus tyrannus

Western Kingbird 31 Tyrannus verticalis

Cassin's Kingbird 32 Tyrannus vociferans

Eastern Phoebe 33 Sayornis phoebe

Say's Phoebe 28 Sayornis saya

Virginia Opossum 34 Didelphis virginiana

Desert Cottontail 35 Sylvilagus audubonii

Eastern Cottontail 36 Sylvilagus floridanus

Black-tailed Jackrabbit 37 Lepus californicus

White-tailed Jackrabbit 22 Lepus townsendii

Fox Squirrel 29 Sciurus niger

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 1 Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

Spotted ground squirrel 38 Xerospermophilus spilosoma

Black-tailed prairie dog 39 Cynomys ludovicianus

American Beaver 40 Castor canadensis

Plains Pocket Gopher 41 Geomys bursarius

Northern Pocket Gopher 42 Thomomys talpoides

Hispid pocket mouse 43 Chaetodipus hispidus

Plains pocket mouse 44 Perognathus flavescens

Silky Pocket Mouse 43 Perognathus flavus

Ord's Kangaroo Rat 45 Dipodomys ordii

North American Porcupine 46 Erethizon dorsatum

House Mouse 47 Mus musculus

Muskrat 48 Ondatra zibethicus

Prairie vole 49 Microtus ochrogaster

Meadow vole 50 Microtus pennsylvanicus

North American Deermouse 51 Peromyscus maniculatus

Western harvest mouse 52 Reithrodontomys megalotis

Plains harvest mouse 53 Reithrodontomys montanus

Northern grasshopper mouse 54 Onychomys leucogaster

Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 55 Neotoma cinerea

Mule deer 56 Odocoileus hemionus

White-tailed deer 57 Odocoileus virginianus

Elk 58 Cervus canadensis

Pronghorn 59 Antilocapra americana

Big Brown Bat 43 Eptesicus fuscus

Silver-haired bat 60 Lasionycteris noctivagans

Eastern Red Bat 61 Lasiurus borealis

Hoary Bat 62 Lasiurus cinereus

Western Small-footed Myotis 63 Myotis ciliolabrum

Little Brown Bat 64 Myotis lucifugus

Big free-tailed bat 65 Nyctinomops macrotis