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Wildlife of Lake Pueblo State Park

Positioned approximately six miles west of the City of Pueblo, and within two hour’s drive of Denver and Colorado Springs, Lake Pueblo State Park attracts around 1.8 million visitors each year. It is located at the interface of the southern Rocky Mountains to the west and Great Plains to the ...more ↓

Barrow's Goldeneye 1
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 2
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Mergus serrator
Snow Goose 4
Anser caerulescens
Black Scoter 5
Melanitta americana
Surf Scoter 6
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 7
Aythya affinis
Redhead 8
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 9
Aythya collaris
Canvasback 10
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 11
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 12
Branta canadensis
Wood Duck 13
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 14
Lophodytes cucullatus
Long-tailed Duck 15
Clangula hyemalis
Osprey 16
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 17
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 18
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 19
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20
Accipiter striatus
Hen Harrier 21
Circus cyaneus
Northern Harrier 22
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 23
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 24
Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk 25
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 25
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 26
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Mississippi Kite 27
Ictinia mississippiensis
Double-crested Cormorant 28
Phalacrocorax auritus
Purple Martin 29
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 30
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 9
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 31
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 32
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 33
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Rusty Blackbird 34
Euphagus carolinus
Brewer's Blackbird 35
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 36
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bullock's Oriole 10
Icterus bullockii
Orchard Oriole 37
Icterus spurius
Western Meadowlark 5
Sturnella neglecta
Common Grackle 38
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 39
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 27
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 5
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 40
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 41
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 10
Poecile gambeli
House Sparrow 42
Passer domesticus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 25
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 43
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 44
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 45
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 10
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 10
Troglodytes aedon
Eurasian Wren 46
Troglodytes troglodytes
Bewick's Wren 5
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 9
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 47
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 35
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 48
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 49
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 35
Sialia mexicana
Eastern Bluebird 50
Sialia sialis
Townsend's Solitaire 27
Myadestes townsendi
Bell's Vireo 10
Vireo bellii
Warbling Vireo 14
Vireo gilvus
Philadelphia Vireo 51
Vireo philadelphicus
Plumbeous Vireo 5
Vireo plumbeus
Blue-headed Vireo 52
Vireo solitarius
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 53
Regulus satrapa
Snow Bunting 54
Plectrophenax nivalis
Lapland Longspur 5
Calcarius lapponicus
Dark-eyed Junco 55
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 10
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 49
Chondestes grammacus
American Tree Sparrow 56
Spizelloides arborea
Cassin's Sparrow 57
Peucaea cassinii
Swamp Sparrow 58
Melospiza georgiana
Lincoln's Sparrow 52
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 55
Melospiza melodia
Chipping Sparrow 59
Spizella passerina
White-throated Sparrow 43
Zonotrichia albicollis
Golden-crowned Sparrow 60
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 61
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 62
Zonotrichia querula
Green-tailed Towhee 10
Pipilo chlorurus
Eastern Towhee 63
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Canyon Towhee 31
Melozone fusca
Black-throated Sparrow 64
Amphispiza bilineata
Savannah Sparrow 5
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 65
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 66
Mimus polyglottos
Curve-billed Thrasher 67
Toxostoma curvirostre
Brown Thrasher 68
Toxostoma rufum
Sage Thrasher 69
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 65
Passerina amoena

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