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Wildlife of Spinney Mountain State Park

Spinney Mountain State Park is located about 55 miles west of Colorado Springs, CO. It includes the 2,450-acre Spinney Mountain Reservoir and 3,470 acres of surrounding land. The park also includes about 4 miles of the South Fork of the South Platte River upstream and downstream of the ...more ↓

Northern Leopard Frog 1
Lithobates pipiens
Eastern Fence Lizard 2
Sceloporus undulatus
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 3
Thamnophis elegans
Smooth Green Snake 4
Opheodrys vernalis
Rock Dove 5
Columba livia
Virginia Rail 6
Rallus limicola
American Coot 7
Fulica americana
Turkey Vulture 8
Cathartes aura
Baird's Sandpiper 9
Calidris bairdii
Western Sandpiper 10
Calidris mauri
Mountain Plover 11
Charadrius montanus
Semipalmated Plover 12
Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer 13
Charadrius vociferus
Common Loon 2
Gavia immer
Western Grebe 14
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Pied-billed Grebe 15
Podilymbus podiceps
American White Pelican 16
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great Blue Heron 14
Ardea herodias
Peregrine Falcon 17
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 18
Falco sparverius
Common Nighthawk 11
Chordeiles minor
American wigeon 19
Mareca americana
Gadwall 20
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 19
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 21
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged teal 19
Spatula discors
Northern Pintail 22
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 23
Anas crecca
Mallard 24
Anas platyrhynchos
Common Merganser 20
Mergus merganser
Lesser Scaup 25
Aythya affinis
Redhead 26
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 19
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 2
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 27
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 28
Branta canadensis
Hooded Merganser 29
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 30
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 31
Aquila chrysaetos
Northern Goshawk 32
Accipiter gentilis
Hen Harrier 33
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 34
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 35
Buteo jamaicensis
Ferruginous Hawk 36
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 36
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 37
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 38
Phalacrocorax auritus
Tree Swallow 19
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 39
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 40
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 41
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Western Meadowlark 11
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 42
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 11
Lanius ludovicianus
Mountain Chickadee 2
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 43
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 36
Sitta canadensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 15
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 44
Sturnus vulgaris
Marsh Wren 19
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 45
Turdus migratorius
Mountain Bluebird 6
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 41
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 46
Myadestes townsendi
Lark Sparrow 6
Chondestes grammacus
Lincoln's Sparrow 47
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 48
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 49
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 50
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 2
Pipilo chlorurus
Wilson's warbler 51
Cardellina pusilla
Horned Lark 52
Eremophila alpestris
American Crow 53
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 54
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 55
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 56
Pica hudsonia
Pinyon Jay 57
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 58
Loxia curvirostra
House finch 59
Haemorhous mexicanus
Pine Grosbeak 60
Pinicola enucleator
Mountain Cottontail 61
Sylvilagus nuttallii
White-tailed Jackrabbit 11
Lepus townsendii
Least Chipmunk 62
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 3
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 3
Callospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel 2
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Wyoming ground squirrel 63
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 64
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 65
Cynomys gunnisoni
American Beaver 66
Castor canadensis
Northern Pocket Gopher 67
Thomomys talpoides
North American Porcupine 68
Erethizon dorsatum
House Mouse 69
Mus musculus
Western Heather Vole 70
Phenacomys intermedius
Long-tailed Vole 71
Microtus longicaudus
Montane Vole 72
Microtus montanus
Meadow Vole 73
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Southern red-backed vole 74
Myodes gapperi
Deer Mouse 75
Peromyscus maniculatus

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