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Wildlife of Sweitzer Lake State Park

Sweitzer Lake State Park is located 3 miles south of the town of Delta, CO. The park lies at 5,000 feet elevation and encompasses about 137 acres of water and about 70 acres of land at the toe of the Garnet Mesa. The area is semi-arid with an average annual precipitation of about 12 inches. The ...more ↓

Woodhouse's Toad 1
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Boreal Chorus Frog 2
Pseudacris maculata
American bullfrog 3
Lithobates catesbeianus
Northern Leopard Frog 4
Lithobates pipiens
Great Basin spadefoot 5
Spea intermontana
Yellowhead Collared Lizard 6
Crotaphytus collaris auriceps
Common Side-blotched Lizard 7
Uta stansburiana
Ornate Tree Lizard 8
Urosaurus ornatus
Sagebrush Lizard 9
Sceloporus graciosus
Northern Plateau Lizard 10
Sceloporus undulatus elongatus
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard 11
Phrynosoma douglasii
Western Skink 12
Plestiodon skiltonianus
Plateau Tiger Whiptail 13
Aspidoscelis tigris septentrionalis
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 2
Thamnophis elegans
Striped whipsnake 14
Coluber taeniatus
Western Yellow-bellied Racer 15
Coluber constrictor mormon
Great Basin Gopher Snake 16
Pituophis catenifer deserticola
Western Milksnake 17
Lampropeltis gentilis
Corn snake 18
Pantherophis guttatus
Western Rattlesnake 19
Crotalus oreganus
Northern flicker 20
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 21
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker 22
Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 23
Dryobates villosus
Western Screech Owl 24
Megascops kennicottii
Great Horned Owl 25
Bubo virginianus
Long-eared Owl 21
Asio otus
Belted Kingfisher 26
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 27
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 28
Zenaida macroura
Sora 29
Porzana carolina
Virginia Rail 30
Rallus limicola
American Coot 31
Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane 32
Antigone canadensis
Whooping Crane 33
Grus americana
Turkey Vulture 34
Cathartes aura
Gambel's Quail 35
Callipepla gambelii
Ring-necked Pheasant 36
Phasianus colchicus
Sanderling 37
Calidris alba
Dunlin 38
Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper 39
Calidris bairdii
Red Knot 40
Calidris canutus
White-rumped Sandpiper 21
Calidris fuscicollis
Stilt Sandpiper 41
Calidris himantopus
Western Sandpiper 42
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 43
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper 37
Calidris pusilla
Long-billed Dowitcher 44
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Lesser Yellowlegs 45
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs 40
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet 21
Tringa semipalmata
Solitary Sandpiper 40
Tringa solitaria
Long-billed Curlew 29
Numenius americanus
Whimbrel 46
Numenius phaeopus
Common Snipe 47
Gallinago gallinago
Ruddy Turnstone 48
Arenaria interpres
Marbled Godwit 49
Limosa fedoa
Hudsonian Godwit 50
Limosa haemastica
Red Phalarope 46
Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope 29
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope 51
Phalaropus tricolor
Spotted sandpiper 52
Actitis macularius
Caspian tern 49
Hydroprogne caspia
Forster's Tern 53
Sterna forsteri
Common Tern 54
Sterna hirundo
Black Tern 55
Chlidonias niger
Bonaparte's gull 40
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Herring Gull 56
Larus argentatus
California Gull 57
Larus californicus
Ring-billed Gull 58
Larus delawarensis
Glaucous Gull 59
Larus hyperboreus
Franklin's gull 60
Leucophaeus pipixcan
Kentish Plover 61
Charadrius alexandrinus
Semipalmated Plover 62
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 63
Charadrius vociferus
American Golden Plover 64
Pluvialis dominica
Black-bellied Plover 40
Pluvialis squatarola
American Avocet 65
Recurvirostra americana
Common Loon 21
Gavia immer
Pacific Loon 40
Gavia pacifica
Red-throated Loon 66
Gavia stellata
Horned Grebe 40
Podiceps auritus
Eared Grebe 24
Podiceps nigricollis
Clark's Grebe 40
Aechmophorus clarkii
Western Grebe 29
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 67
Podilymbus podiceps
White-faced Ibis 68
Plegadis chihi
American White Pelican 69
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
American Bittern 22
Botaurus lentiginosus
Snowy Egret 43
Egretta thula
Great Egret 29
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 29
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 47
Nycticorax nycticorax
Cattle Egret 70
Bubulcus ibis
Merlin 49
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 49
Falco mexicanus
Peregrine Falcon 71
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 72
Falco sparverius
Lesser Nighthawk 73
Chordeiles acutipennis
Common Nighthawk 70
Chordeiles minor

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