OBSERVATION RECORD FOR BIRDING AT
CASTLEWOOD CANYON STATE PARK
Date:
Field Time:
Weather:
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Total Species:
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Birds of
Castlewood Canyon
State Park
Total Individuals:
KEY
Locality/Trail:
Observers:
FIELD NOTES:
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Year-Round
Spring & Summer
Fall
Winter
Migration
Unusual (outside usual habitat or range)
Names of frequently seen or abundant
species appear bold.
* Species known to NEST in park appear
with an asterisk*
^ = Look for these species near the selfinterpretive Canyon View Nature
Trail and Visitor Center.
Geese & Ducks
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Canada Goose * ^
Gadwall u
Mallard * ^
Green-winged Teal
Wild Turkey
Herons & Ibis
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SHARING BIRDING EXPERIENCES:
Please share your bird lists and post your sightings
at the Visitor Center. We appreciate your input
and observations for future updates of this list and
for Park records. The Park’s Interpretive Ranger
welcomes written details (date, time, location,
behavior and field marks observed) of birds listed
here as “Unusual” and those species not listed at all.
Responsible Birding
• Respect birds’ habitats, nests, and
displayand feeding areas.
• Avoid stressing and exposing birds
to danger.
• Keep well back and, in sensitive areas,
take advantage of natural cover.
• Exercise restraint and caution during
observation and photography, and when
using sound and video recording devices.
Castlewood Canyon State Park
Attn: Park Naturalist
2989 S. Highway 83 • Franktown, CO 80116
E-mail: castlewood.canyon@state.co.us
Phone: (303) 688-5242
Web site: parks@state.co.us
CSP-CAST-5K-1/07
• Please stay on trails and paths.
Great Blue Heron * ^
Black-crowned Night Heron
White-faced Ibis M
New World Vultures
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Turkey Vulture * ^
“Eagles, Hawks & Falcons”
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Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk ^
Cooper’s Hawk * ^
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk * ^
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel * ^
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon *
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Virginia Rail
Sora
Sandhill Crane
S
S
M
Plovers & Sandpipers
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Killdeer *
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Curlew
S
S
M
Franklin’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
M
Y
M
Gulls
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“Pigeons & Doves, Cuckoos”
S
SF
u
Turkeys
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Rails & Cranes
Y
S
S
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Great Horned Owl * ^
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern
Saw-whet Owl *
Y
FW
S
Y
Goatsuckers
Common Nighthawk *
Common Poorwill *
S
S
White-throated Swift *
S
Swifts
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M
M
Y
Y
Y
Y
M
S
Y
u
FW
Y
Y
M
M
Y
Y
S
u
Owls
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S
Rock Pigeon *
Mourning Dove * ^
Black-billed Cuckoo
Hummingbirds
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Black-chinned Hummingbird ^
S
Calliope Hummingbird ^
M
Broad-tailed Hummingbird * ^ S
Rufous Hummingbird ^
M
Kingfishers
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Belted Kingfisher *^
SF
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Jays & Crows
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Steller’s Jay * ^
Blue Jay * ^
Western Scrub-Jay * ^
Pinyon Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie * ^
American Crow * ^
Common Raven * ^
Y
Y
Y
u
u
Y
Y
Y
Horned Lark *
Y
Larks
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Woodpeckers
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Lewis’s Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker * ^
Hairy Woodpecker * ^
Northern Flicker * ^
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee *
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher u
Dusky Flycatcher
Cordilleran Flycatcher *
Eastern Phoebe
Say’s Phoebe * ^
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
M
S
M
S
M
S
M
S
M
u
S
S
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Plumbeous Vireo * ^
Cassin’s Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo *
Red-eyed Vireo *
S
S
S
u
S
S
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S
FW
u
S
M
u
S
S
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Rock Wren * ^
Canyon Wren * ^
House Wren * ^
Winter Wren
SF
Y
S
u
Y
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Kinglets & Gnatcatchers
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * ^
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird * ^
Mountain Bluebird * ^
S
S
M
Y
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing *
W
Y
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Virginia’s Warbler *
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler * ^
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Kentucky Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat *
u
M
M
M
S
u
S
M
M
M
u
S
M
S
u
M
S
M
S
Tanagers
Western Tanager *
S
FW
M
S
u
SF
Y
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Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee * ^
American Tree Sparrow ^
Chipping Sparrow *
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow *
Lark Sparrow *
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Sage Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow * ^
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow ^
Dark-eyed Junco * ^
“Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Buntings”
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Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak * ^
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting *
Indigo Bunting *
S
Y
FW
S
M
M
S
S
u
M
M
Y
M
M
u
FW
Y
u
u
S
S
S
S
Blackbirds & Orioles
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Red-winged Blackbird * ^
Western Meadowlark * ^
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle *
Brown-headed Cowbird * ^
Bullock’s Oriole
Y
Y
M
Y
S
S
S
Finches
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Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Cassin’s Finch
House Finch * ^
Red Crossbill *
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin * ^
Lesser Goldfinch * ^
American Goldfinch * ^
Evening Grosbeak
Old World Sparrows
Towhees & Sparrows
Thrushes
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Gray Catbird *
Northern Mockingbird *
Sage Thrasher
European Starling *
Wood-Warblers
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
American Dipper *
Y
M
M
Y
Waxwings
Black-capped Chickadee * ^
Mountain Chickadee * ^
Bushtit *
Red-breasted Nuthatch *
White-breasted Nuthatch * ^
Pygmy Nuthatch *
Brown Creeper *
Wrens
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Dippers
Shrikes & Vireos
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Tree Swallow * ^
Violet-green Swallow * ^
N. Rough-winged Swallow *
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow * ^
Barn Swallow *
“Chickadees, Nuthatches & Creepers”
Flycatchers
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Townsend’s Solitaire * ^
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin * ^
Mimids & Starlings
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Swallows
S
u
u
u
Y
Y
Y
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House Sparrow
American Dipper
u
u
W
Y
Y
u
Y
SF
Y
W
Y
