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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 ↓

Common Nighthawk 1
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill 2
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Calliope Hummingbird 3
Selasphorus calliope
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4
Selasphorus platycercus
Rufous Hummingbird 5
Selasphorus rufus
Black-chinned Hummingbird 6
Archilochus alexandri
White-throated Swift 7
Aeronautes saxatalis
American Wigeon 8
Mareca americana
Gadwall 1
Mareca strepera
Northern Shoveler 9
Spatula clypeata
Cinnamon Teal 10
Spatula cyanoptera
Blue-winged Teal 8
Spatula discors
Trumpeter Swan 11
Cygnus buccinator
Tundra Swan 12
Cygnus columbianus
Northern Pintail 13
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 14
Anas crecca
Mallard 15
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 8
Bucephala albeola
Common Goldeneye 16
Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye 16
Bucephala islandica
Common Merganser 17
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 18
Mergus serrator
Greater White-fronted Goose 19
Anser albifrons
Snow Goose 20
Anser caerulescens
Ross's Goose 21
Anser rossii
White-winged Scoter 22
Melanitta deglandi
Surf Scoter 23
Melanitta perspicillata
Lesser Scaup 24
Aythya affinis
Redhead 25
Aythya americana
Ring-necked Duck 8
Aythya collaris
Greater Scaup 26
Aythya marila
Canvasback 6
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 27
Oxyura jamaicensis
Canada Goose 28
Branta canadensis
Cackling Goose 29
Branta hutchinsii
Wood Duck 30
Aix sponsa
Hooded Merganser 31
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 32
Pandion haliaetus
Golden Eagle 33
Aquila chrysaetos
Cooper's Hawk 34
Accipiter cooperii
Northern Goshawk 35
Accipiter gentilis
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 37
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Buteo jamaicensis
Rough-legged Hawk 38
Buteo lagopus
Ferruginous Hawk 39
Buteo regalis
Swainson's Hawk 39
Buteo swainsoni
Bald Eagle 40
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 41
Phalacrocorax auritus
Purple Martin 42
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 43
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 8
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 44
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 45
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 46
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 47
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 48
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 49
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bullock's Oriole 50
Icterus bullockii
Baltimore Oriole 51
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 1
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 52
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 53
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 54
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 29
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 55
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 56
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 6
Poecile gambeli
Red-breasted Nuthatch 39
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 57
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 58
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 59
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 50
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 6
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 6
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 1
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 8
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 60
Turdus migratorius
Veery 61
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 47
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 62
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 1
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 47
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 29
Myadestes townsendi
Cassin's Vireo 6
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 31
Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Vireo olivaceus
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Vireo plumbeus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 63
Regulus satrapa
McCown's Longspur 45
Rhynchophanes mccownii
Snow Bunting 64
Plectrophenax nivalis
Lapland Longspur 65
Calcarius lapponicus
Chestnut-collared Longspur 66
Calcarius ornatus
Dark-eyed Junco 67
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 1
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 68
Chondestes grammacus

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