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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Birds

This guide contains birds that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Megascops asio
Northern Pygmy-Owl 2
Glaucidium gnoma
Spotted Owl 3
Strix occidentalis
Mexican Spotted Owl 4
Strix occidentalis lucida
Burrowing Owl 5
Athene cunicularia
Snowy Owl 6
Bubo scandiacus
Great Horned Owl 7
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 8
Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl 9
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 8
Aegolius acadicus
Boreal Owl 10
Aegolius funereus
Flammulated Owl 11
Psiloscops flammeolus

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