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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 ↓

Mallard ¹
Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead ²
Bucephala albeola

Barrow's Goldeneye ³
Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser ⁴
Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup ⁵
Aythya affinis

Redhead
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ²
Aythya collaris

Canvasback ⁶
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ⁷
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ⁸
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ⁹
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ¹⁰
Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey ¹¹
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ¹²
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ¹³
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ¹⁴
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹⁵
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ¹⁶
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ¹⁷
Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk ¹⁸
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ¹⁸
Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle ¹⁹
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ²⁰
Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin ²¹
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ²²
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ²
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ²³
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ²⁴
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁶
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ²⁵
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ²⁶
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁶
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ²⁷
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink ²⁸
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole ⁶
Icterus bullockii

Scott's Oriole ²⁹
Icterus parisorum

Orchard Oriole ³⁰
Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark ³¹
Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle ³²
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle ³³
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ³⁴
Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike ³¹
Lanius ludovicianus

Juniper titmouse ³⁵
Baeolophus ridgwayi

Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ⁶
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ³⁶
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ¹⁸
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ³⁷
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ³⁸
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ³⁹
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁴⁰
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ⁶
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ⁶
Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren ³¹
Thryomanes bewickii

Marsh Wren ²
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ⁴¹
Turdus migratorius

Veery ⁴²
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ²⁶
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁴³
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ⁴⁴
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ²⁶
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ⁴⁵
Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo ⁴⁶
Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo ⁴⁷
Vireo griseus

Plumbeous Vireo ⁶
Vireo plumbeus

Gray Vireo ⁶
Vireo vicinior

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ³⁰
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁴⁸
Regulus satrapa

McCown's longspur ⁶
Rhynchophanes mccownii

Chestnut-collared Longspur ⁴⁹
Calcarius ornatus

Dark-eyed Junco ⁵⁰
Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow ⁶
Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow ⁴⁴
Chondestes grammacus

Lark Bunting ⁶
Calamospiza melanocorys

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁵¹
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁵⁰
Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow ⁴⁰
Spizella breweri

Chipping Sparrow ⁵²
Spizella passerina

Fox Sparrow ¹⁵
Passerella iliaca

White-crowned Sparrow ⁵³
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Green-tailed Towhee ⁶
Pipilo chlorurus

Spotted Towhee ⁵⁴
Pipilo maculatus

Sage Sparrow ²⁶
Amphispiza belli

Black-throated Sparrow ⁵⁵
Amphispiza bilineata

Savannah Sparrow ⁵⁶
Passerculus sandwichensis

Yellow-breasted Chat ⁵⁷
Icteria virens

Northern Mockingbird ²⁸
Mimus polyglottos

Brown Thrasher ⁵⁸
Toxostoma rufum

Gray Catbird ⁶
Dumetella carolinensis

Sage Thrasher ⁵⁹
Oreoscoptes montanus

Lazuli Bunting ⁵⁷
Passerina amoena

Blue grosbeak ⁴⁴
Passerina caerulea

Indigo Bunting ³²
Passerina cyanea

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ⁶⁰
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-headed Grosbeak ³¹
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Dickcissel ⁶
Spiza americana

Northern Cardinal ⁶¹
Cardinalis cardinalis

Western Tanager ⁶
Piranga ludoviciana

American Pipit ⁶
Anthus rubescens

Wilson's warbler ⁶²
Cardellina pusilla

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Wildlife of Vega State Park

Mallard 1 Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead 2 Bucephala albeola

Barrow's Goldeneye 3 Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser 4 Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup 5 Aythya affinis

Redhead Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 2 Aythya collaris

Canvasback 6 Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck 7 Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose 8 Branta canadensis

Wood Duck 9 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 10 Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey 11 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 12 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 13 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 14 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 16 Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 17 Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk 18 Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk 18 Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle 19 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant 20 Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin 21 Progne subis

Barn Swallow 22 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 2 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 23 Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow 24 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 25 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 26 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 27 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink 28 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole 6 Icterus bullockii

Scott's Oriole 29 Icterus parisorum

Orchard Oriole 30 Icterus spurius

Western Meadowlark 31 Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle 32 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle 33 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 34 Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike 31 Lanius ludovicianus

Juniper titmouse 35 Baeolophus ridgwayi

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 6 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 36 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 18 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 37 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 38 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 39 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 40 Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren 6 Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren 6 Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren 31 Thryomanes bewickii

Marsh Wren 2 Cistothorus palustris

American Robin 41 Turdus migratorius

Veery 42 Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush 26 Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush 43 Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird 44 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 26 Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire 45 Myadestes townsendi

Warbling Vireo 46 Vireo gilvus

White-eyed Vireo 47 Vireo griseus

Plumbeous Vireo 6 Vireo plumbeus

Gray Vireo 6 Vireo vicinior

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30 Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet 48 Regulus satrapa

McCown's longspur 6 Rhynchophanes mccownii

Chestnut-collared Longspur 49 Calcarius ornatus

Dark-eyed Junco 50 Junco hyemalis

Vesper Sparrow 6 Pooecetes gramineus

Lark Sparrow 44 Chondestes grammacus

Lark Bunting 6 Calamospiza melanocorys

Lincoln's Sparrow 51 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 50 Melospiza melodia

Brewer's Sparrow 40 Spizella breweri

Chipping Sparrow 52 Spizella passerina

Fox Sparrow 15 Passerella iliaca