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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 ↓

Yellow-rumped warbler 1
Setophaga coronata
Grace's warbler 2
Setophaga graciae
Black-throated gray warbler 3
Setophaga nigrescens
Chestnut-sided warbler 4
Setophaga pensylvanica
American yellow warbler 5
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 6
Setophaga ruticilla
Orange-crowned warbler 7
Oreothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 2
Oreothlypis virginiae
Northern waterthrush 8
Parkesia noveboracensis
MacGillivray's warbler 9
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 10
Geothlypis trichas
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Polioptila caerulea
Bushtit 11
Psaltriparus minimus
Horned Lark 12
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 13
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 14
Certhia americana
American Dipper 3
Cinclus mexicanus
California Scrub-Jay 15
Aphelocoma californica
American Crow 16
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 17
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 18
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 19
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 20
Pica hudsonia
Gray Jay 21
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 22
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 23
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 24
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 25
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 3
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 26
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 3
Haemorhous cassinii
House finch 27
Haemorhous mexicanus
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 2
Leucosticte australis
Pine Grosbeak 28
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 29
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 30
Myiarchus cinerascens
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Myiarchus crinitus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 31
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 32
Contopus sordidulus
Vermilion Flycatcher 33
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Hammond's Flycatcher 34
Empidonax hammondii
Least Flycatcher 35
Empidonax minimus
Dusky Flycatcher 2
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 2
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 15
Empidonax traillii
Gray Flycatcher 2
Empidonax wrightii
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 36
Tyrannus forficatus
Eastern Kingbird 37
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 38
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Kingbird 39
Tyrannus vociferans
Say's Phoebe 15
Sayornis saya
Desert Cottontail 40
Sylvilagus audubonii
Mountain Cottontail 41
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 42
Lepus americanus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 43
Lepus californicus
White-tailed Jackrabbit 3
Lepus townsendii
American Pika 44
Ochotona princeps
American Red Squirrel 45
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 46
Neotamias minimus
Hopi Chipmunk 22
Neotamias rufus
Rock squirrel 47
Otospermophilus variegatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 48
Callospermophilus lateralis
Yellow-bellied Marmot 49
Marmota flaviventris
White-tailed Prairie Dog 50
Cynomys leucurus
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel 27
Ammospermophilus leucurus
American Beaver 51
Castor canadensis
Botta's Pocket Gopher 52
Thomomys bottae
Northern Pocket Gopher 53
Thomomys talpoides
Plains Pocket Mouse 54
Perognathus flavescens
Ord's Kangaroo Rat 55
Dipodomys ordii
North American Porcupine 56
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 57
Mus musculus
Western Heather Vole 58
Phenacomys intermedius
Muskrat 59
Ondatra zibethicus
Long-tailed Vole 60
Microtus longicaudus
Montane Vole 61
Microtus montanus
Southern red-backed vole 62
Myodes gapperi
Brush Mouse 63
Peromyscus boylii
Canyon Mouse 64
Peromyscus crinitus
Deer Mouse 65
Peromyscus maniculatus
Pinyon Mouse 66
Peromyscus truei
Western Harvest Mouse 67
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Northern Grasshopper Mouse 58
Onychomys leucogaster
White-throated Woodrat 67
Neotoma albigula
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat 68
Neotoma cinerea
Desert Woodrat 69
Neotoma lepida
Mexican Woodrat 63
Neotoma mexicana
Western Jumping Mouse 70
Zapus princeps
Moose 71
Alces alces
Mule Deer 72
Odocoileus hemionus
White-tailed Deer 73
Odocoileus virginianus
Elk 74
Cervus canadensis
Bighorn Sheep 70
Ovis canadensis
Pronghorn 75
Antilocapra americana
Silver-haired Bat 76
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Spotted Bat 77
Euderma maculatum
Canyon bat 78
Parastrellus hesperus
Western Small-footed Myotis
Myotis ciliolabrum
Big Free-tailed Bat 79
Nyctinomops macrotis
American Black Bear 80
Ursus americanus

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