LARKS
___ Horned Lark..............................
SWALLOWS
___ Northern Rough-winged Swallow.....
___ Tree Swallow..............................
___ Violet-green Swallow....................
___ Bank Swallow..............................
___ Barn Swallow..............................
___ Cliff Swallow..............................
CHICKADEES & TITS
___ Black-capped Chickadee...............
___ Mountain Chickadee....................
LONG-TAILED TITS
___ Bushtit........................................
NUTHATCHES
___ Red-breasted Nuthatch...............
___ White-breasted Nuthatch...............
___ Pygmy Nuthatch.........................
TREECREEPERS
___ Brown Creeper..............................
WRENS
___ Rock Wren...................................
___ House Wren..............................
___ Marsh Wren..............................
GNATCATCHERS
___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher...............
KINGLETS
___ Golden-crowned Kinglet...............
___ Ruby-crowned Kinglet...............
THRUSHES & ALLIES
___ Western Bluebird.........................
___ Mountain Bluebird....................
___ Townsend’s Solitaire....................
___ Swainson’s Thrush....................
___ Hermit Thrush..............................
___ American Robin.........................
MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS
___ Gray Catbird..............................
___ Brown Thrasher.........................
STARLINGS
___ European Starling.........................
WAGTAILS & PIPITS
___ American Pipit..............................
WAXWINGS
___ Bohemian Waxwing....................
___ Cedar Waxwing.........................
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
___ Northern Waterthrush...............
___ Orange-crowned Warbler...............
___ Virginia’s Warbler.........................
___ MacGillivray’s Warbler...............
___ Common Yellowthroat...............
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___ American Redstart....................
___ Yellow Warbler..............................
___ Yellow-rumped Warbler...............
___ Townsend’s Warbler....................
___ Wilson’s Warbler.........................
___ Yellow-breasted Chat....................
BUNTINGS &
NEW WORLD SPARROWS
___ Green-tailed Towhee....................
___ Spotted Towhee.........................
___ Cassin’s Sparrow.........................
___ American Tree Sparrow...............
___ Chipping Sparrow.........................
___ Clay-colored Sparrow...............
___ Brewer’s Sparrow.........................
___ Vesper Sparrow.........................
___ Lark Sparrow..............................
___ Savannah Sparrow....................
___ Song Sparrow..............................
___ Lincoln’s Sparrow.........................
___ Swamp Sparrow.........................
___ White-throated Sparrow...............
___ Harris’s Sparrow.........................
___ White-crowned Sparrow...............
___ Dark-eyed Junco.........................
CARDINALS & ALLIES
___ Western Tanager.........................
___ Black-headed Grosbeak...............
___ Blue Grosbeak..............................
___ Lazuli Bunting..............................
TROUPIALS & ALLIES
___ Red-winged Blackbird...............
___ Western Meadowlark....................
___ Yellow-headed Blackbird...............
___ Brewer’s Blackbird....................
___ Common Grackle.........................
___ Brown-headed Cowbird...............
___ Orchard Oriole..............................
___ Bullock’s Oriole.........................
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS & ALLIES
___ House Finch..............................
___ Cassin’s Finch..............................
___ Red Crossbill..............................
___ Pine Siskin...................................
___ Lesser Goldfinch.........................
___ American Goldfinch....................
___ Evening Grosbeak.........................
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
___ House Sparrow..............................
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Bird Checklist
Adapted from Birds of Larimer County, Colorado Field
Check List, Fort Collins Audubon Society (2006).
©2014 Fort Collins Audubon Society
P.O. Box 271968
Fort Collins CO 80527-1968
email: [email protected]
phone: (970)490-BIRD
website: http://www.fortnet.org/Audubon/
Serving Larimer County and Surrounding Areas
Our Mission: To promote the appreciation,
conservation, and restoration of ecosystems,
focusing on birds and other wildlife, through
education, participation, stewardship, and advocacy.
This list excludes many species that have been observed in
Larimer County but are unlikely to be observed at the
Gardens on Spring Creek.
Codes:
Season when species may be observed
Y - Year-round
S - Spring, summer, and fall
M – During migration only (spring and fall)
W - Winter
Abundance in Larimer County
A - Abundant: may be seen daily in suitable habitat, and
counted in relatively large numbers
C - Common to fairly common: may be seen daily in suitable
habitat, and counted in significant but not large numbers
U - Uncommon: may be seen in suitable habitat and season
in relatively small numbers
R - Rare: seen infrequently and perhaps not even annually
I - Irregular: numerous in some years; scarce other years
DUCKS, GEESE, & WATERFOWL
___ Greater White-fronted Goose..........
___ Snow Goose...................................
___ Ross’s Goose..............................
___ Cackling Goose..............................
___ Canada Goose..............................
___ Wood Duck...................................
___ Gadwall........................................
___ American Wigeon.........................
___ Mallard........................................
___ Blue-winged Teal.........................
___ Cinnamon Teal..............................
___ Northern Shoveler....................
___ Northern Pintail.........................
___ Green-winged Teal....................
___ Canvasback...................................
___ Redhead........................................
___ Ring-necked Duck.........................
___ Greater Scaup..............................
___ Lesser Scaup..............................
___ Bufflehead...................................
___ Common Goldeneye....................
___ Hooded Merganser....................
___ Common Merganser....................
___ Red-breasted Merganser...............
___ Ruddy Duck...................................
GREBES
___ Pied-billed Grebe.........................
___ Horned Grebe..............................
___ Eared Grebe..............................
___ Western Grebe..............................
___ Clark’s Grebe..............................
CORMORANTS & SHAGS
___ Double-crested Cormorant...............
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PELICANS
___ American White Pelican...............
HERONS, EGRETS & BITTERNS
___ Great Blue Heron.........................
___ Great Egret...................................
___ Snowy Egret..............................
___ Black-crowned Night-Heron..........
IBISES & SPOONBILLS
___ White-faced Ibis.........................
NEW WORLD VULTURES
___ Turkey Vulture..............................
OSPREY
___ Osprey........................................
HAWKS, EAGLES & KITES
___ Golden Eagle..............................
___ Northern Harrier.........................
___ Sharp-shinned Hawk....................
___ Cooper’s Hawk..............................
___ Bald Eagle...................................
___ Broad-winged Hawk....................
___ Swainson’s Hawk.........................
___ Red-tailed Hawk.........................
___ Ferruginous Hawk....................
___ Rough-legged Hawk....................
RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS
___ Virginia Rail..............................
___ American Coot..............................
CRANES
___ Sandhill Crane..............................
STILTS & AVOCETS
___ American Avocet.........................
PLOVERS & LAPWINGS
___ Killdeer........................................
SANDPIPERS & ALLIES
___ Spotted Sandpiper....................
___ Solitary Sandpiper....................
___ Greater Yellowlegs....................
___ Lesser Yellowlegs.........................
___ Baird’s Sandpiper.........................
___ Least Sandpiper.........................
___ Long-billed Dowitcher...............
___ Wilson’s Snipe..............................
GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS
___ Bonaparte’s Gull.........................
___ Franklin’s Gull..............................
___ Ring-billed Gull.........................
___ California Gull..............................
___ Herring Gull..............................
___ Forster’s Tern..............................
PIGEONS & DOVES
___ Rock Pigeon..............................
___ Eurasian Collared-Dove...............
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___ Mourning Dove.........................
OWLS
___ Eastern Screech-Owl....................
___ Great Horned Owl.........................
NIGHTJARS & ALLIES
___ Common Nighthawk....................
SWIFTS
___ Chimney Swift..............................
___ White-throated Swift....................
HUMMINGBIRDS
___ Black-chinned Hummingbird.....
___ Broad-tailed Hummingbird..........
___ Rufous Hummingbird...............
___ Calliope Hummingbird...............
KINGFISHERS
___ Belted Kingfisher.........................
WOODPECKERS
___ Lewis’s Woodpecker....................
___ Red-naped Sapsucker...............
___ Downy Woodpecker....................
___ Hairy Woodpecker....................
___ Northern Flicker.........................
FALCONS & CARACARAS
___ American Kestrel.........................
___ Merlin........................................
___ Prairie Falcon..............................
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
___ Olive-sided Flycatcher...............
___ Western Wood-Pewee...............
___ Willow Flycatcher.........................
___ Least Flycatcher.........................
___ Hammond’s Flycatcher...............
___ Dusky Flycatcher.........................
___ Cordilleran Flycatcher...............
___ Say’s Phoebe..............................
___ Western Kingbird.........................
___ Eastern Kingbird.........................
SHRIKES
___ Loggerhead Shrike....................
___ Northern Shrike.........................
VIREOS
___ Plumbeous Vireo.........................
___ Warbling Vireo..............................
___ Red-eyed Vireo..............................
CROWS, JAYS & MAGPIES
___ Steller’s Jay...................................
___ Blue Jay........................................
___ Western Scrub-Jay....................
___ Black-billed Magpie....................
___ American Crow.........................
___ Common Raven.........................
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