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 ↓

Tree Swallow 1
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 2
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 4
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 5
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Western Meadowlark 6
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Agelaius phoeniceus
Loggerhead Shrike 6
Lanius ludovicianus
Mountain Chickadee 3
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 8
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 9
Sitta canadensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 10
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 11
Sturnus vulgaris
Marsh Wren 1
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 12
Turdus migratorius
Mountain Bluebird 13
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 5
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 14
Myadestes townsendi
Lark Sparrow 13
Chondestes grammacus
Lincoln's Sparrow 15
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 16
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 17
Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow 18
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Green-tailed Towhee 3
Pipilo chlorurus
Wilson's warbler 19
Cardellina pusilla
Horned Lark 20
Eremophila alpestris
American Crow 21
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 22
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 23
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 24
Pica hudsonia
Pinyon Jay 25
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 26
Loxia curvirostra
House finch 27
Haemorhous mexicanus
Pine Grosbeak 28
Pinicola enucleator

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