Wildlife of Boulder County

Boulder County is comprised of 740 square miles of land nestled along the front range of Colorado just 30 miles northwest of Denver. Its proximity to the mountains, diverse landscapes, and various designated open spaces make the county ideal for observing local and even migrating wildlife. ...more ↓

Baird's Sandpiper ¹
Calidris bairdii

Semipalmated Sandpiper ²
Calidris pusilla

Least Sandpiper ³
Calidris minutilla

Long-billed Dowitcher ⁴
Limnodromus scolopaceus

Solitary Sandpiper ⁵
Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs ⁵
Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs ⁶
Tringa flavipes

Common Snipe ⁷
Gallinago gallinago

Upland Sandpiper ⁸
Bartramia longicauda

Ring-billed Gull ⁹
Larus delawarensis

Herring Gull ¹⁰
Larus argentatus

California Gull ¹¹
Larus californicus

Forster's Tern ¹²
Sterna forsteri

Black Tern ¹³
Chlidonias niger

Sabine's Gull ⁸
Xema sabini

Killdeer ¹⁴
Charadrius vociferus

Mountain Plover ¹⁵
Charadrius montanus

Semipalmated Plover ¹⁶
Charadrius semipalmatus

American Avocet ¹⁷
Recurvirostra americana

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Wildlife of Boulder County

Baird's Sandpiper 1 Calidris bairdii

Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 Calidris pusilla

Least Sandpiper 3 Calidris minutilla

Long-billed Dowitcher 4 Limnodromus scolopaceus

Solitary Sandpiper 5 Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs 5 Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs 6 Tringa flavipes

Common Snipe 7 Gallinago gallinago

Upland Sandpiper 8 Bartramia longicauda

Ring-billed Gull 9 Larus delawarensis

Herring Gull 10 Larus argentatus

California Gull 11 Larus californicus

Forster's Tern 12 Sterna forsteri

Black Tern 13 Chlidonias niger

Sabine's Gull 8 Xema sabini

Killdeer 14 Charadrius vociferus

Mountain Plover 15 Charadrius montanus

Semipalmated Plover 16 Charadrius semipalmatus

American Avocet 17 Recurvirostra americana