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Wildlife of Vega State Park

Vega State Park is located on the Grand Mesa, twelve miles east of Collbran and 43 miles east of Grand Junction in Mesa County. The 1,823-acre park lies at an elevation between 7,850 and 8,200 feet. The 898-surface-acre Vega reservoir supports rainbow, brook, brown, and cutthroat trout. ...more ↓

Red-spotted toad 1
Anaxyrus punctatus
Western Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris triseriata
Canyon Tree Frog 3
Hyla arenicolor
American bullfrog 4
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 5
Lithobates pipiens
Great Basin Spadefoot 6
Spea intermontana
Mexican Spadefoot 7
Spea multiplicata
Western Tiger Salamander 8
Ambystoma mavortium
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard 9
Gambelia wislizenii
Plateau Fence Lizard 10
Sceloporus tristichus
Greater Short-horned Lizard 11
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Plateau Striped Whiptail 7
Aspidoscelis velox
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 7
Thamnophis elegans
Desert Nightsnake 12
Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Racer 13
Coluber constrictor
Southwestern Blackhead Snake 14
Tantilla hobartsmithi
Gopher Snake 7
Pituophis catenifer
Smooth Green Snake 15
Opheodrys vernalis
Western Milksnake 16
Lampropeltis gentilis
Prairie Rattlesnake 7
Crotalus viridis
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 17
Coccyzus americanus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 18
Melanerpes carolinus
Lewis's Woodpecker 19
Melanerpes lewis
Red-naped Sapsucker 20
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Williamson's Sapsucker 21
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Downy Woodpecker 22
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 23
Dryobates villosus
American Three-toed Woodpecker 24
Picoides dorsalis
Western screech owl 25
Megascops kennicottii
Northern Pygmy-Owl 26
Glaucidium gnoma
Burrowing Owl 27
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 28
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 29
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 21
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 29
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 30
Aegolius funereus
Flammulated owl 21
Psiloscops flammeolus
Barn Owl 31
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 32
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 33
Columba livia
Band-tailed pigeon 19
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 34
Zenaida macroura
Sora 35
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 36
Rallus limicola
American Coot 27
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 37
Antigone canadensis
Turkey Vulture 38
Cathartes aura
Gambel's Quail 39
Callipepla gambelii
Sharp-tailed Grouse 40
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Dusky Grouse 21
Dendragapus obscurus
Gunnison Sage-Grouse 41
Centrocercus minimus
Greater Sage-Grouse 42
Centrocercus urophasianus
Chukar 43
Alectoris chukar
Wild Turkey 44
Meleagris gallopavo
White-tailed ptarmigan 45
Lagopus leucura
Ring-necked Pheasant 46
Phasianus colchicus
Willet 21
Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Curlew 35
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 47
Gallinago gallinago
Wilson's Phalarope 26
Phalaropus tricolor
Upland Sandpiper 21
Bartramia longicauda
Spotted sandpiper 48
Actitis macularius
Least Tern 49
Sternula antillarum
Forster's Tern 50
Sterna forsteri
Black Tern 51
Chlidonias niger
California Gull 52
Larus californicus
Kentish Plover 53
Charadrius alexandrinus
Mountain Plover 54
Charadrius montanus
Killdeer 55
Charadrius vociferus
Black-necked Stilt 19
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 56
Recurvirostra americana
Eared Grebe 25
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 57
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 35
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 58
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 59
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 60
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Least Bittern 54
Ixobrychus exilis
American Bittern 22
Botaurus lentiginosus
Little Blue Heron 61
Egretta caerulea
Snowy Egret 62
Egretta thula
Great Egret 35
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 35
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 47
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 54
Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron 63
Butorides virescens
Prairie Falcon 64
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 65
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 66
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 54
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 67
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 68
Selasphorus platycercus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 69
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 70
Aeronautes saxatalis
American wigeon 29
Mareca americana
Gadwall 71
Mareca strepera
Northern shoveler 29
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 42
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged teal 29
Spatula discors
Green-winged Teal 72
Anas crecca

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