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 ↓

Dark-eyed Junco 1
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 2
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 3
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 4
Calamospiza melanocorys
Bell's Sparrow 5
Artemisiospiza belli
Sagebrush Sparrow 2
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
American Tree Sparrow 6
Spizelloides arborea
Lincoln's Sparrow 7
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 5
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 8
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 4
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 9
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 7
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 10
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 11
Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow 12
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 13
Zonotrichia querula
Green-tailed Towhee 4
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 14
Pipilo maculatus
Savannah Sparrow 15
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 16
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 17
Mimus polyglottos
Gray Catbird 4
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 18
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 16
Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting 19
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 20
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Dickcissel 4
Spiza americana
Western Tanager 4
Piranga ludoviciana
American Pipit 4
Anthus rubescens
Wilson's Warbler 21
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 22
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 2
Setophaga nigrescens
Chestnut-sided Warbler 23
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 7
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 24
Setophaga ruticilla
Townsend's Warbler 25
Setophaga townsendi
Black-and-white Warbler 26
Mniotilta varia
Northern Waterthrush 27
Parkesia noveboracensis
MacGillivray's Warbler 8
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 28
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler 29
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 4
Leiothlypis virginiae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Polioptila caerulea
Horned Lark 30
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 31
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 32
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 33
Certhia americana
American Dipper 2
Cinclus mexicanus
Western Scrub-Jay 34
Aphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 35
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
American Crow 36
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 37
Corvus corax
Blue Jay 38
Cyanocitta cristata
Steller's Jay 39
Cyanocitta stelleri
Black-billed Magpie 40
Pica hudsonia
Canada Jay 41
Perisoreus canadensis
Clark's Nutcracker 42
Nucifraga columbiana
Pinyon Jay 43
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Red Crossbill 44
Loxia curvirostra
White-winged Crossbill 45
Loxia leucoptera
Common Redpoll 46
Acanthis flammea
Hoary Redpoll 46
Acanthis hornemanni
Pine Siskin 47
Spinus pinus
Lesser Goldfinch 2
Spinus psaltria
American Goldfinch 48
Spinus tristis
Cassin's Finch 2
Haemorhous cassinii
House Finch 49
Haemorhous mexicanus
Purple Finch 27
Haemorhous purpureus
Black Rosy-Finch 4
Leucosticte atrata
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 4
Leucosticte australis
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 3
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Pine Grosbeak 50
Pinicola enucleator
Evening Grosbeak 51
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 52
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 53
Contopus sordidulus
Hammond's Flycatcher 54
Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher 4
Empidonax oberholseri
Cordilleran Flycatcher 4
Empidonax occidentalis
Willow Flycatcher 17
Empidonax traillii
Eastern Kingbird 55
Tyrannus tyrannus
Western Kingbird 16
Tyrannus verticalis
Say's Phoebe 17
Sayornis saya
Mountain Cottontail 56
Sylvilagus nuttallii
Snowshoe Hare 57
Lepus americanus
American Pika 58
Ochotona princeps
Fox Squirrel 59
Sciurus niger
Southwestern Red Squirrel 60
Tamiasciurus fremonti
American Red Squirrel 61
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Least Chipmunk 62
Neotamias minimus
Colorado Chipmunk 18
Neotamias quadrivittatus
Uinta Chipmunk 63
Neotamias umbrinus
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel 64
Callospermophilus lateralis
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel 4
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Wyoming Ground Squirrel 65
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow-bellied Marmot 66
Marmota flaviventris
White-tailed Prairie Dog 2
Cynomys leucurus
American Beaver 67
Castor canadensis
Northern Pocket Gopher 68
Thomomys talpoides

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