GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS
FINCHES
M
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Y
S
Black-headed Grosbeak
W
Pine Siskin
S
Blue Grosbeak
S
Lesser Goldfinch
S
Lazuli Bunting
Y
American Goldfinch
S
Indigo Bunting
M
Evening Grosbeak
SPECIES INFREQUENTLY SEEN
HOUSE FINCH
BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES
OLDWORLD SPARROW
Y
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD
Y
Y
WESTERN MEADOWLARK
S
Yellow-headed Blackbird
S
Brewer’s Blackbird
S
COMMON GRACKLE
S
Brown-headed Cowbird
S
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE
HOUSE SPARROW
SPECIES INFREQUENTLY SEEN
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Black-throated Grey Warbler
Calliope Hummingbird
Black-throated Green Warbler
Rufous Hummingbird
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-throated Warbler
Red-naped Sapsucker
Prairie Warbler
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Palm Warbler
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Bay-breasted Warbler
Alder Flycatcher
Blackpoll Warbler
Gray Flycatcher
Black-and-White Warbler
Vermilion Flycatcher
Prothonotary Warbler
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Worm-eating Warbler
Great Crested Flycatcher
Ovenbird
Cassin’s Kingbird
Hooded Warbler
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Canada Warbler
Thick-billed Kingbird
Summer Tanager
White-eyed Vireo
Scarlet Tanager
Cassin’s Vireo
Dickcissel
Red-throated Loon
Whimbrel
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cassin’s Sparrow
Yellow-billed Loon
Long-billed Curlew
Philadelphia Vireo
Field Sparrow
Red-necked Grebe
Ruddy Turnstone
Pinyon Jay
Black-throated Sparrow
Clark’s Grebe
White-rumped Sandpiper
Clark’s Nutcracker
Sage Sparrow
Brown Pelican
Dunlin
Chihuahuan Raven
Baird’s Sparrow
American Bittern
Stilt Sandpiper
Purple Martin
LeConte’s Sparrow
Least Bittern
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Bushtit
Fox Sparrow
Great Egret
Red-necked Phalarope
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Little Blue Heron
Red Phalarope
Eastern Bluebird
McCown’s Longspur
Cattle Egret
Parasitic Jaeger
Verry
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Yellow--crowned Night-Heron
Long-tailed Jaeger
Long-billed Thrasher
Snow Bunting
Trumpeter Swan
Laughing Gull
Curve-billed Thrasher
Bobolink
Greater White-fronted Goose
Mew Gull
Blue-winged Warbler
Rusty Blackbird
Snow Goose
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Golden-winged Warbler
Great-tailed Grackle
Ross’ Goose
Glaucous Gull
Tennessee Warbler
Orchard Oriole
Eurasian Wigeon
Great Black-backed Gull
Nashville Warbler
Baltimore Oriole
Greater Scaup
Sabine's’ Gull
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Scott’s Oriole
Oldsquaw
Caspian Tern
Magnolia Warbler
Purple Finch
Surf Scoter
Least Tern
Cape May Warbler
Cassin’s Finch
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Long-billed Murrelet
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Red Crossbill
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Ancient Murrelet
Mississippi Kite
Band-tailed Pigeon
Harris’s Hawk
White winged Dove
Red-shouldered Hawk
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Black Hawk
Barn Owl
Sandhill Crane
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Black-bellied Plover
Short-eared Owl
American Golden Plover
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Snowy Plover
Burrowing Owl
Piping Plover
Common Poorwill
Black-necked Stilt
Black Swift
Upland Sandpiper
Chimney Swift
BIRDS OF
CHATFIELD STATE PARK
AND
WATERTON, COLORADO
Compiled by Hugh Kingery
and Frank/Jan Justice 1986.
Updated 2009 by
Joey Kellner.
Colorado State Parks
Common Redpoll
Colorado Division of Wildlife
TOTAL
345 SPECIES
BIRDS OF
CHATFIELD STATE PARK AND
WATERTON, COLORADO
DATE
WEATHER
FALCONS
CUCKOOS
Y
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE
S
Northern Mockingbird
Y
AMERICAN KESTREL
S
Y
AMERICAN CROW
M
Sage Thrasher
W
Merlin
W
Common Raven
M
Brown Thrasher
M
Peregrine Falcon
OWLS
W
Prairie Falcon
Y
Eastern Screech Owl
LARKS
STARLING
Y
GREAT HORNED OWL
Y
Y
Y
Long-eared Owl
LOCALITY
PHEASANTS
TIME IN FIELD
Y
Ring-necked Pheasant
TOTAL SPECIES
RAILS & COOTS
INDIVIDUALS
Y
Virginia Rail
S
Sora
S
AMERICAN COOT
OBSERVERS
LEGEND
W - WINTER
M - MIGRANT
S - SUMMER
Y - YEAR-ROUND
M
Pacific Loon
S
Blue-winged Teal
Common Loon
S
Cinnamon Teal
M
Northern Shoveler
M
GREBES
M
Northern Pintail
S
Common Nighthawk
SWIFTS
S
White-throated Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
M
Semipalmated Plover
S
Y
KILLDEER
AVOCETS
M
GOATSUCKERS
PLOVERS
Names of some frequently seen species appear in capital letters.
LOONS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
M
American Avocet
Broad-tailed hummingbird
KINGFISHERS
Y
WOODPECKERS
M
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Gadwall
M
Greater Yellowlegs
M
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lesser Yellowlegs
Y
Downy Woodpecker
EUROPEAN STARLING
SWALLOWS
PIPITS
S
Tree Swallow
M
M
Violet-green Swallow
M
Northern Rough-winged
WAXWINGS
Swallow
W
Bohemian Waxwing
M
Bank Swallow
S
Cedar Waxwing
S
BARN SWALLOW
S
CLIFF SWALLOW
American Pipit
WOOD-WARBLERS
M
Orange-crowned Warbler
TITMICE
S
Virginia’s Warbler
Y
BLACK-CAPPED
M
Northern Parula
CHICKADEE
S
YELLOW WARBLER
W
Mountain Chickadee
M
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
M
Townsend’s Warbler
S
American Redstart
BELTED KINGFISHER
SANDPIPERS &
PHALAROPES
Horned Lark
NUTHATCHES
M
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Y
White-breasted Nuthatch
M
Northern Waterthrush
M
MacGillivray’s Warbler
S
Pied-billed Grebe
M
American Wigeon
M
M
Horned Grebe
M
Canvasback
M
Solitary Sandpiper
W
Hairy Woodpecker
CREEPERS
S
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
M
Eared Grebe
M
Redhead
M
Willet
Y
NORTHERN FLICKER
W
M
Wilson’s Warbler
M
WESTERN GREBE
M
Ring-necked Duck
S
Spotted Sandpiper
S
Yellow-breasted Chat
M
Lesser Scaup
M
Marbled Godwit
W
COMMON GOLDENEYE
M
Sanderling
M
Bufflehead
M
Semipalmated Sandpiper
CORMORANTS
M
Hooded Merganser
M
Western Sandpiper
S
DOUBLE -CRESTED
Y
COMMON MERGANSER
M
Least Sandpiper
CORMORANT
M
Red-breasted Merganser
M
Baird’s Sandpiper
M
Ruddy Duck
M
Pectoral Sandpiper
PELICANS
M
American White Pelican
BITTERNS & HERONS
M
Long-billed Dowitcher
EAGLES & HAWKS
Y
Common Snipe
Snowy Egret
M
Osprey
M
Wilson’s Phalarope
M
Green Heron
W
Bald Eagle
M
Black-crowned Night Heron
W
Northern Harrier
S
GREAT BLUE HERON
M
IBISES
M
White-faced Ibis
M
Sharp-shinned Hawk
M
Cooper’s Hawk
M
Northern Goshawk
AMERICAN VULTURES
M
Broad-winged Hawk
M Turkey Vulture
S
Swainson’s Hawk
Y
RED-TAILED HAWK
SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS
M
Ferruginous Hawk
M
W
Rough-legged Hawk
Tundra Swan
M
Greater White-fronted Goose
Y
CANADA GOOSE
S
Wood Duck
W
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
Y
MALLARD
Y
Golden Eagle
GULLS & TERNS
M
Franklin’s Gull
M
Bonaparte’s Gulf
Y
RING-BILLED GULL
S
CALIFORNIA GULL
M
Herring Gull
M
M
M
Forster’s Tern
M
Brown Creeper
FLYCATCHERS
WRENS
M
Olive-sided Flycatcher
S
Rock Wren
S
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE
Y
Canyon Wren
M
Willow Flycatcher
S
HOUSE WREN
S
Least Flycatcher
W
Winter Wren
M
Hammond’s Flycatcher
W
Marsh Wren
M
Dusky Flycatcher
M
Cordilleran Flycatcher
M
Eastern Phoebe
M
Say’s Phoebe
S
S
DIPPERS
Y
American Dipper
TANAGERS
M
Western Tanager
TOWHEES & SPARROWS
M
Green-tailed Towhee
Y
SPOTTED TOWHEE
W
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
M
CHIPPING SPARROW
M
Clay-colored Sparrow
WESTERN KINGBIRD
KINGLETS &
GNATCATCHERS
M
Brewer’s Sparrow
Eastern Kingbird
S
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
M
VESPER SPARROW
M
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
S
Lark Sparrow
M
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
SHRIKES
W
Northern Shrike
SOLITAIRES & THRUSHES
M
Loggerhead Shrike
M
M
Western Bluebird
S
Grasshopper Sparrow
VIREOS
M
Mountain Bluebird
Y
SONG SPARROW
Thayer’s Gull
M
Plumbeous Vireo
W
Townsend’s Solitaire
M
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Common Tern
S
Warbling Vireo
M
Swainson’s Thrush
W
Swamp Sparrow
S
Red-eyed Vireo
M
Hermit Thrush
M
White-throated Sparrow
Y
AMERICAN ROBIN
W
Harris’s Sparrow
Black Tern
JAYS, MAGPIES & CROWS
DOVES
M
Steller’s Jay
Y
Rock Dove
M
Blue Jay
MOCKINGBIRDS &
THRASHERS
S
MORNING DOVE
Y
Western Scrub Jay
S
Gray Catbird
W
White-crowned Sparrow
W
DARK-EYED JUNCO
W
Lapland Longspur