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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 ↓

Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed cuckoo 2
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Greater roadrunner 3
Geococcyx californianus
Red-bellied woodpecker 4
Melanerpes carolinus
Red-headed woodpecker 5
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Lewis's Woodpecker 6
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Flicker 7
Colaptes auratus
Downy Woodpecker 8
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Dryobates villosus
Eastern screech owl 10
Megascops asio
Burrowing Owl 11
Athene cunicularia
Snowy Owl 12
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 13
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 14
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 2
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14
Aegolius acadicus
Barn Owl 15
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 17
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 18
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 19
Zenaida macroura
Sora 20
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 21
Rallus limicola
American Coot 11
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 22
Antigone canadensis
Greater Sandhill Crane 2
Antigone canadensis tabida
Whooping Crane 23
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 24
Cathartes aura
Northern Bobwhite 25
Colinus virginianus
Greater prairie chicken 26
Tympanuchus cupido
Sharp-tailed Grouse 27
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Wild Turkey 28
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-necked Pheasant 29
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 30
Calidris alba
Dunlin 31
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 32
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 33
Calidris canutus
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 34
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 35
Calidris mauri
Pectoral Sandpiper 36
Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper 37
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Calidris pusilla
Buff-breasted sandpiper 2
Calidris subruficollis
Short-billed dowitcher 38
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed dowitcher 39
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 40
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 33
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 2
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 33
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed curlew 20
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 36
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 41
Gallinago gallinago
Ruddy Turnstone 42
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 43
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 44
Limosa haemastica
Red-necked Phalarope 20
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 45
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland sandpiper 2
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted sandpiper 46
Actitis macularius
Least Tern 47
Sternula antillarum
Caspian tern 43
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 48
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 49
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 50
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's Gull 33
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 51
Larus argentatus
California Gull 52
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 53
Larus delawarensis
Iceland Gull 54
Larus glaucoides
Glaucous Gull 55
Larus hyperboreus
Black-legged Kittiwake 56
Rissa tridactyla
Sabine's Gull 2
Xema sabini
Franklin's gull 57
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish plover 58
Charadrius alexandrinus
Piping Plover 59
Charadrius melodus
Mountain plover 60
Charadrius montanus
Western Snowy Plover 20
Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated plover 61
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 62
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 63
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 33
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked stilt 6
Himantopus mexicanus
American avocet 64
Recurvirostra americana
Parasitic jaeger 60
Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine jaeger 65
Stercorarius pomarinus
Yellow-billed Loon 66
Gavia adamsii
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 33
Gavia pacifica
Horned Grebe 33
Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 67
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe 68
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 33
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western grebe 20
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed grebe 69
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 70
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 71
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Least Bittern 60
Ixobrychus exilis
American bittern 8
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 72
Egretta caerulea

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