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 ↓

Rock Dove ¹
Columba livia

Virginia Rail ²
Rallus limicola

American Coot ³
Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture ⁴
Cathartes aura

Baird's Sandpiper ⁵
Calidris bairdii

Western Sandpiper ⁶
Calidris mauri

Mountain Plover ⁷
Charadrius montanus

Semipalmated Plover ⁸
Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer ⁹
Charadrius vociferus

Common Loon ¹⁰
Gavia immer

Western Grebe ¹¹
Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pied-billed Grebe ¹²
Podilymbus podiceps

American White Pelican ¹³
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Great Blue Heron ¹¹
Ardea herodias

Peregrine Falcon ¹⁴
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ¹⁵
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ⁷
Chordeiles minor

American wigeon ¹⁶
Mareca americana

Gadwall ¹⁷
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ¹⁶
Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal ¹⁸
Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged teal ¹⁶
Spatula discors

Northern Pintail ¹⁹
Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal ²⁰
Anas crecca

Mallard ²¹
Anas platyrhynchos

Common Merganser ¹⁷
Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup ²²
Aythya affinis

Redhead ²³
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ¹⁶
Aythya collaris

Canvasback ¹⁰
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ²⁴
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ²⁵
Branta canadensis

Hooded Merganser ²⁶
Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey ²⁷
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ²⁸
Aquila chrysaetos

Northern Goshawk ²⁹
Accipiter gentilis

Hen Harrier ³⁰
Circus cyaneus

Northern Harrier ³¹
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ³²
Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk ³³
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ³³
Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle ³⁴
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ³⁵
Phalacrocorax auritus

Tree Swallow ¹⁶
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ³⁶
Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ¹⁰
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ³⁷
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ³⁸
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Western Meadowlark ⁷
Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird ³⁹
Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike ⁷
Lanius ludovicianus

Mountain Chickadee ¹⁰
Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow ⁴⁰
Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch ³³
Sitta canadensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ¹²
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ⁴¹
Sturnus vulgaris

Marsh Wren ¹⁶
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ⁴²
Turdus migratorius

Mountain Bluebird ²
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ³⁸
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ⁴³
Myadestes townsendi

Lark Sparrow ²
Chondestes grammacus

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁴⁴
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁴⁵
Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow ⁴⁶
Spizella passerina

White-crowned Sparrow ⁴⁷
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Green-tailed Towhee ¹⁰
Pipilo chlorurus

Wilson's warbler ⁴⁸
Cardellina pusilla

Horned Lark ⁴⁹
Eremophila alpestris

American Crow ⁵⁰
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven ⁵¹
Corvus corax

Steller's Jay ⁵²
Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie ⁵³
Pica hudsonia

Pinyon Jay ⁵⁴
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill ⁵⁵
Loxia curvirostra

House finch ⁵⁶
Haemorhous mexicanus

Pine Grosbeak ⁵⁷
Pinicola enucleator

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Wildlife of Spinney Mountain State Park

Rock Dove 1 Columba livia

Virginia Rail 2 Rallus limicola

American Coot 3 Fulica americana

Turkey Vulture 4 Cathartes aura

Baird's Sandpiper 5 Calidris bairdii

Western Sandpiper 6 Calidris mauri

Mountain Plover 7 Charadrius montanus

Semipalmated Plover 8 Charadrius semipalmatus

Killdeer 9 Charadrius vociferus

Common Loon 10 Gavia immer

Western Grebe 11 Aechmophorus occidentalis

Pied-billed Grebe 12 Podilymbus podiceps

American White Pelican 13 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Great Blue Heron 11 Ardea herodias

Peregrine Falcon 14 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 15 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 7 Chordeiles minor

American wigeon 16 Mareca americana

Gadwall 17 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 16 Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal 18 Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged teal 16 Spatula discors

Northern Pintail 19 Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal 20 Anas crecca

Mallard 21 Anas platyrhynchos

Common Merganser 17 Mergus merganser

Lesser Scaup 22 Aythya affinis

Redhead 23 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 16 Aythya collaris

Canvasback 10 Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck 24 Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose 25 Branta canadensis

Hooded Merganser 26 Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey 27 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 28 Aquila chrysaetos

Northern Goshawk 29 Accipiter gentilis

Hen Harrier 30 Circus cyaneus

Northern Harrier 31 Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 32 Buteo jamaicensis

Ferruginous Hawk 33 Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk 33 Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle 34 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant 35 Phalacrocorax auritus

Tree Swallow 16 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 36 Tachycineta thalassina

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 37 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 38 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Western Meadowlark 7 Sturnella neglecta

Red-winged Blackbird 39 Agelaius phoeniceus

Loggerhead Shrike 7 Lanius ludovicianus

Mountain Chickadee 10 Poecile gambeli

House Sparrow 40 Passer domesticus

Red-breasted Nuthatch 33 Sitta canadensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 12 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 41 Sturnus vulgaris

Marsh Wren 16 Cistothorus palustris

American Robin 42 Turdus migratorius

Mountain Bluebird 2 Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird 38 Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire 43 Myadestes townsendi

Lark Sparrow 2 Chondestes grammacus

Lincoln's Sparrow 44 Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow 45 Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow 46 Spizella passerina

White-crowned Sparrow 47 Zonotrichia leucophrys

Green-tailed Towhee 10 Pipilo chlorurus

Wilson's warbler 48 Cardellina pusilla

Horned Lark 49 Eremophila alpestris

American Crow 50 Corvus brachyrhynchos

Common Raven 51 Corvus corax

Steller's Jay 52 Cyanocitta stelleri

Black-billed Magpie 53 Pica hudsonia

Pinyon Jay 54 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

Red Crossbill 55 Loxia curvirostra

House finch 56 Haemorhous mexicanus

Pine Grosbeak 57 Pinicola enucleator