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 ↓

Purple Martin 1
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 2
Hirundo rustica
Tree Swallow 3
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 4
Tachycineta thalassina
Bank Swallow 5
Riparia riparia
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 7
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Brewer's Blackbird 8
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Molothrus ater
Yellow-headed Blackbird 9
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink 10
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bullock's Oriole 11
Icterus bullockii
Baltimore Oriole 12
Icterus galbula
Western Meadowlark 13
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 14
Quiscalus mexicanus
Common Grackle 15
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Agelaius phoeniceus
Northern Shrike 17
Lanius borealis
Loggerhead Shrike 13
Lanius ludovicianus
Juniper Titmouse 18
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Black-capped Chickadee 19
Poecile atricapillus
Mountain Chickadee 6
Poecile gambeli
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 21
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 22
Sitta pygmaea
European Starling 23
Sturnus vulgaris
Canyon Wren 11
Catherpes mexicanus
Rock Wren 6
Salpinctes obsoletus
House Wren 6
Troglodytes aedon
Bewick's Wren 13
Thryomanes bewickii
Marsh Wren 3
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin 24
Turdus migratorius
Veery 25
Catharus fuscescens
Hermit Thrush 8
Catharus guttatus
Swainson's Thrush 26
Catharus ustulatus
Mountain Bluebird 13
Sialia currucoides
Western Bluebird 8
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 17
Myadestes townsendi
Cassin's Vireo 6
Vireo cassinii
Warbling Vireo 27
Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo 13
Vireo olivaceus
Plumbeous Vireo 6
Vireo plumbeus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 28
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 29
Regulus satrapa
McCown's Longspur 5
Rhynchophanes mccownii
Snow Bunting 30
Plectrophenax nivalis
Lapland Longspur 31
Calcarius lapponicus
Chestnut-collared Longspur 32
Calcarius ornatus
Dark-eyed Junco 33
Junco hyemalis
Vesper Sparrow 13
Pooecetes gramineus
Lark Sparrow 34
Chondestes grammacus
Lark Bunting 6
Calamospiza melanocorys
Bell's Sparrow 8
Artemisiospiza belli
Sagebrush Sparrow 13
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
American Tree Sparrow 35
Spizelloides arborea
Lincoln's Sparrow 36
Melospiza lincolnii
Song Sparrow 8
Melospiza melodia
Brewer's Sparrow 11
Spizella breweri
Clay-colored Sparrow 6
Spizella pallida
Chipping Sparrow 37
Spizella passerina
Field Sparrow 36
Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow 38
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 39
Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow 40
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow 41
Zonotrichia querula
Green-tailed Towhee 6
Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted Towhee 42
Pipilo maculatus
Savannah Sparrow 43
Passerculus sandwichensis
Yellow-breasted Chat 44
Icteria virens
Northern Mockingbird 10
Mimus polyglottos
Gray Catbird 6
Dumetella carolinensis
Sage Thrasher 45
Oreoscoptes montanus
Lazuli Bunting 44
Passerina amoena
Indigo Bunting 14
Passerina cyanea
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 46
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak 13
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Dickcissel 6
Spiza americana
Western Tanager 6
Piranga ludoviciana
American Pipit 6
Anthus rubescens
Wilson's Warbler 47
Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler 48
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 13
Setophaga nigrescens
Chestnut-sided Warbler 49
Setophaga pensylvanica
Yellow Warbler 36
Setophaga petechia
American Redstart 50
Setophaga ruticilla
Townsend's Warbler 51
Setophaga townsendi
Black-and-white Warbler 52
Mniotilta varia
Northern Waterthrush 53
Parkesia noveboracensis
MacGillivray's Warbler 11
Geothlypis tolmiei
Common Yellowthroat 54
Geothlypis trichas
Orange-crowned Warbler 55
Leiothlypis celata
Virginia's Warbler 6
Leiothlypis virginiae
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Polioptila caerulea
Horned Lark 1
Eremophila alpestris
Cedar Waxwing 56
Bombycilla cedrorum
Bohemian Waxwing 3
Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Creeper 57
Certhia americana
American Dipper 13
Cinclus mexicanus
Western Scrub-Jay 58
Aphelocoma californica
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 59
Aphelocoma woodhouseii

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