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Wildlife of State Forest State Park

State Forest State Park lies on 71,000 acres of land 80 miles west of Fort Collins and comprises the southernmost point of the Medicine Bow Mountain Range. This park makes up the largest parcel in Colorado's state parks system. It is also surrounded by the Routt National Forest, Roosevelt ...more ↓

Peregrine Falcon ¹
Falco peregrinus

Gyrfalcon ²
Falco rusticolus

American Kestrel ³
Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk ⁴
Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill ⁵
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird ⁶
Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird ⁷
Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird ⁸
Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird ⁹
Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift ¹⁰
Aeronautes saxatalis

American Wigeon ¹¹
Mareca americana

Gadwall ⁴
Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler ¹²
Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal ¹³
Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal ¹¹
Spatula discors

Trumpeter Swan ¹⁴
Cygnus buccinator

Tundra Swan ¹⁵
Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail ¹⁶
Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal ¹⁷
Anas crecca

Mallard ¹⁸
Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead ¹¹
Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye ¹⁹
Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye ¹⁹
Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser ²⁰
Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser ²¹
Mergus serrator

Greater White-fronted Goose ²²
Anser albifrons

Snow Goose ²³
Anser caerulescens

Ross's Goose ²⁴
Anser rossii

White-winged Scoter ²⁵
Melanitta deglandi

Surf Scoter ²⁶
Melanitta perspicillata

Lesser Scaup ²⁷
Aythya affinis

Redhead ²⁸
Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck ¹¹
Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup ²⁹
Aythya marila

Canvasback ⁹
Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck ³⁰
Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose ³¹
Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose ³
Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck ³²
Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser ³³
Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey ³⁴
Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle ³⁵
Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk ³⁶
Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk ³⁷
Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk ³⁸
Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier ³⁹
Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk ⁸
Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk ⁴⁰
Buteo lagopus

Ferruginous Hawk ⁴¹
Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk ⁴¹
Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle ⁴²
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant ⁴³
Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin ⁴⁴
Progne subis

Barn Swallow ⁴⁵
Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow ¹¹
Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow ⁴⁶
Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow ⁴⁷
Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ⁹
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow ⁴⁸
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird ⁴⁹
Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird ⁹
Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird ⁵⁰
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink ⁵¹
Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole ⁵²
Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole ⁵³
Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark ⁴
Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle ⁵⁴
Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle ⁵⁵
Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird ⁵⁶
Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike ³
Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike ⁴
Lanius ludovicianus

Juniper Titmouse ⁵⁷
Baeolophus ridgwayi

Black-capped Chickadee ⁵⁸
Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee ⁹
Poecile gambeli

Red-breasted Nuthatch ⁴¹
Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch ⁵⁹
Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch ⁶⁰
Sitta pygmaea

European Starling ⁶¹
Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren ⁵²
Catherpes mexicanus

Rock Wren ⁹
Salpinctes obsoletus

House Wren ⁹
Troglodytes aedon

Bewick's Wren ⁴
Thryomanes bewickii

Marsh Wren ¹¹
Cistothorus palustris

American Robin ⁶²
Turdus migratorius

Veery ⁶³
Catharus fuscescens

Hermit Thrush ⁴⁹
Catharus guttatus

Swainson's Thrush ⁶⁴
Catharus ustulatus

Mountain Bluebird ⁴
Sialia currucoides

Western Bluebird ⁴⁹
Sialia mexicana

Townsend's Solitaire ³
Myadestes townsendi

Cassin's Vireo ⁹
Vireo cassinii

Warbling Vireo ³³
Vireo gilvus

Red-eyed Vireo ⁴
Vireo olivaceus

Plumbeous Vireo ⁹
Vireo plumbeus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ³⁹
Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet ⁶⁵
Regulus satrapa

McCown's Longspur ⁴⁷
Rhynchophanes mccownii

Snow Bunting ⁶⁶
Plectrophenax nivalis

Lapland Longspur ⁶⁷
Calcarius lapponicus

Chestnut-collared Longspur ⁶⁸
Calcarius ornatus

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Wildlife of State Forest State Park

Peregrine Falcon 1 Falco peregrinus

Gyrfalcon 2 Falco rusticolus

American Kestrel 3 Falco sparverius

Common Nighthawk 4 Chordeiles minor

Common Poorwill 5 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Calliope Hummingbird 6 Selasphorus calliope

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 7 Selasphorus platycercus

Rufous Hummingbird 8 Selasphorus rufus

Black-chinned Hummingbird 9 Archilochus alexandri

White-throated Swift 10 Aeronautes saxatalis

American Wigeon 11 Mareca americana

Gadwall 4 Mareca strepera

Northern Shoveler 12 Spatula clypeata

Cinnamon Teal 13 Spatula cyanoptera

Blue-winged Teal 11 Spatula discors

Trumpeter Swan 14 Cygnus buccinator

Tundra Swan 15 Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail 16 Anas acuta

Green-winged Teal 17 Anas crecca

Mallard 18 Anas platyrhynchos

Bufflehead 11 Bucephala albeola

Common Goldeneye 19 Bucephala clangula

Barrow's Goldeneye 19 Bucephala islandica

Common Merganser 20 Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser 21 Mergus serrator

Greater White-fronted Goose 22 Anser albifrons

Snow Goose 23 Anser caerulescens

Ross's Goose 24 Anser rossii

White-winged Scoter 25 Melanitta deglandi

Surf Scoter 26 Melanitta perspicillata

Lesser Scaup 27 Aythya affinis

Redhead 28 Aythya americana

Ring-necked Duck 11 Aythya collaris

Greater Scaup 29 Aythya marila

Canvasback 9 Aythya valisineria

Ruddy Duck 30 Oxyura jamaicensis

Canada Goose 31 Branta canadensis

Cackling Goose 3 Branta hutchinsii

Wood Duck 32 Aix sponsa

Hooded Merganser 33 Lophodytes cucullatus

Osprey 34 Pandion haliaetus

Golden Eagle 35 Aquila chrysaetos

Cooper's Hawk 36 Accipiter cooperii

Northern Goshawk 37 Accipiter gentilis

Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 Accipiter striatus

Northern Harrier 39 Circus hudsonius

Red-tailed Hawk 8 Buteo jamaicensis

Rough-legged Hawk 40 Buteo lagopus

Ferruginous Hawk 41 Buteo regalis

Swainson's Hawk 41 Buteo swainsoni

Bald Eagle 42 Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Double-crested Cormorant 43 Phalacrocorax auritus

Purple Martin 44 Progne subis

Barn Swallow 45 Hirundo rustica

Tree Swallow 11 Tachycineta bicolor

Violet-green Swallow 46 Tachycineta thalassina

Bank Swallow 47 Riparia riparia

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Cliff Swallow 48 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Brewer's Blackbird 49 Euphagus cyanocephalus

Brown-headed Cowbird 9 Molothrus ater

Yellow-headed Blackbird 50 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

Bobolink 51 Dolichonyx oryzivorus

Bullock's Oriole 52 Icterus bullockii

Baltimore Oriole 53 Icterus galbula

Western Meadowlark 4 Sturnella neglecta

Great-tailed Grackle 54 Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Grackle 55 Quiscalus quiscula

Red-winged Blackbird 56 Agelaius phoeniceus

Northern Shrike 3 Lanius borealis

Loggerhead Shrike 4 Lanius ludovicianus

Juniper Titmouse 57 Baeolophus ridgwayi

Black-capped Chickadee 58 Poecile atricapillus

Mountain Chickadee 9 Poecile gambeli

Red-breasted Nuthatch 41 Sitta canadensis

White-breasted Nuthatch 59 Sitta carolinensis

Pygmy Nuthatch 60 Sitta pygmaea

European Starling 61 Sturnus vulgaris

Canyon Wren 52 Catherpes mexicanus