M
M
M
S
VESPER SPARROW
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper
Sparrow
SONG SPARROW
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated
Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
DARK-EYED JUNCO
Lapland Longspur
Brant
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted
Goose
Snow Goose
Y
Ross’ Goose
M
Eurasian Wigeon
W
Greater Scaup
M
Long-tailed Duck
(Oldsquaw)
W
Surf Scoter
W
Barrow’s Goldeneye
American Swallow-tailed
W
Kite
W
Mississippi Kite
Harris’s Hawk
Grosbeaks & Bunting
Red-shouldered Hawk
M Rose-breasted
Northern Bobwhite
Grosbeak
Dusky Grouse
S Black-headed Grosbeak Sandhill Crane
S Blue Grosbeak
Black-bellied Plover
S Lazuli Bunting
American Golden Plover
S Indigo Bunting
Snowy Plover
Piping Plover
Blackbirds & Orioles
Black-necked Stilt
Y RED-WINGED
Upland Sandpiper
BLACKBIRD
Whimbrel
Y WESTERN MEADOWLong-billed Curlew
LARK
Hudsonian Godwit
S Yellow-headed Blackbird Common Snipe
S Brewer’s Blackbird
Ruddy Turnstone
S COMMON GRACKLE
White-Rumped Sandpiper
S Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-necked Phalarope
S BULLOCK’S ORIOLE
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Finches
Black-legged Kittiwake
Y HOUSE FINCH
Long-tailed Jaeger
W Pine Siskin
Laughing Gull
S Lesser Goldfinch
Mew Gull
Y American Goldfinch
Iceland Gull
M Evening Grosbeak
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Oldworld Sparrow
Glaucous Gull
Y HOUSE SPARROW
Sabine’s Gull
Caspian Tern
INFREQUENTLY SEEN
Least Tern
SPECIES
Long-billed Murrelet
Red-throated Loon
Ancient Murrelet
Yellow-billed Loon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Clark’s Grebe
White-winged Dove
Brown Pelican
Black-billed Cuckoo
American Bittern
Barn Owl
Least Bittern
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Great Egret
Short-eared Owl
Yellow-crowned Night Heron Northern Saw-whet Owl
Burrowing Owl
Common Poorwill
Black Swift
Chimney Swift
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Cassin’s Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Thick-billed Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Pinyon Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker
Chihuahuan Raven
Purple Martin
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Long-billed Thrasher
Curve-billed Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Warbler
Black-throated Grey Warbler
Black-throated Green
Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Canada Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Ovenbird
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Dickcissel
Cassin’s Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow
Baird’s Sparrow
LeConte’s Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
McCown’s Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Cassin’s Finch
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Birds of Chatfield
State Park and
Waterton Canyon
Information compiled by Hugh Kingery
and Frank & Jan Justice.
Updated by Joey Kellner
Drafted by Jennifer Steffen
2013
Date____________
Weather _____________
Locality____________________________________
Time ____________
Total Species __________
Observer(s)_________________________________
LEGEND
W - Winter
M - Migrant
S - Summer
Y– Year-round
Names of species frequently seen appear in all
capital letters
American Vultures
M Turkey Vulture
Eagles & Hawks
M Osprey
W Bald Eagle
W Northern Harrier
M Sharp-shinned Hawk
M Cooper’s Hawk
M Northern Goshawk
M Broad-winged Hawk
S Swainson’s Hawk
Y RED-TAILED HAWK
M Ferruginous Hawk
W Rough-legged Hawk
Y Golden Eagle
Falcons
Y AMERICAN KESTREL
W Merlin
M Peregrine Falcon
W Prairie Falcon
M Common Loon
Grebes
S Pied-billed Grebe
M Horned Grebe
M Eared Grebe
M WESTERN GREBE
Pelicans
M AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN
Cormorants
S DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT
Ibises
M White-faced Ibis
Swans, Geese, & Ducks
M Tundra Swan
M Greater Whitefronted Goose
Owls
Y CANADA GOOSE
Y Eastern Screech Owl
S Wood Duck
Y GREAT HORNED
W GREEN-WINGED
OWL
TEAL
Y Long-eared Owl
Y MALLARD
M White-winged Scoter
Bitterns & Herons
S Blue-winged Teal
S GREAT BLUE HERON M Northern Pintail
M Snowy Egret
S Cinnamon Teal
M Black-drowned Night
M Northern Shoveler
Heron
M Gadwall
M Green Heron
M American Widgeon
M Canvasback
Loons
M Redhead
M Pacific Loon
M Ring-necked Duck
M Lesser Scaup
W COMMON
GOLDENEYE
M Bufflehead
M Hooded Merganser
Y COMMON
MERGANSER
M Red-breasted
Merganser
M Ruddy Duck
Rails & Coots
Y Virginia Rail
S Sora
S AMERICAN COOT
Pheasants
Y Ring-necked Pheasant
Plovers
M Semipalmated Plover
Y KILLDEER
Avocets
M American Avocet
Sandpipers &
Phalaropes
M Greater Yellowlegs
M Lesser Yellowlegs
M Solitary Sandpiper
M Willet
S Spotted Sandpiper
M Marbled Godwit
M Sanderling
M Semipalmated
Sandpiper
M Western Sandpiper
M Least Sandpiper
M Baird’s Sandpiper
M Pectoral Sandpiper
M Long-billed Dowitcher
M Short-billed Dowitcher
Y WILSON’S SNIPE
M Wilson’s Phalarope
Gulls, Jaegers, & Terns
M Franklin’s Gull
M Bonaparte’s Gull
Y RING-BILLED GULL
S CALIFORNIA GULL
M Herring Gull
M Thayer’s Gull
M Pomarine Jaeger
S Little Gull
M
M
M
M
M
Western Gull
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
Black Tern
Arctic Tern
Doves
Y Rock Dove
Y EURASIAN COLLARD
DOVE
Y MOURNING DOVE
Cuckoos
S Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Goatsuckers
S Common Nighthawk
Swifts
S White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
S Broad-tailed HummingBird
Kingfishers
Y BELTED KINGFISHERS
Woodpeckers
M Lewis’s Woodpecker
M Red-headed WoodPecker
Y Hairy Woodpecker
Y NORTHERN FLICKER
Flycatchers
M Olive-sided Flycatcher
S WESTERN
WOOD-PEWEE
M Willow Flycatcher
S Least Flycatcher
M Hammond’s Flycatcher
M Dusky Flycatcher
M Cordilleran Flycatcher
M Eastern Phoebe
M Say’s Phoebe
S Black Phoebe
S WESTERN KINGBIRD
S Eastern Kingbird
Shrikes
W Northern Shrike
M Loggerhead Shrike
Vireos
M Plumeous Vireo
S Warbling Vireo
S Red-eyed Vireo
Jays, Magpies, & Crows
M Stellar’s Jay
M Blue Jay
Y Western Scrub Jay
Y BLACK-BILLED
MAGPIE
Y AMERICAN CROW
W Common Raven
Larks
Y Horned Lark
Swallows
S Tree Swallow
M Violet-green Swallow
M Northern Roughwinged Swallow
M Bank Swallow
S BARN SWALLOW
S CLIFF SWALLOW
Titmice
Y BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE
W Mountain Chickadee
Nuthatches
Y Pygmy Nuthatch
M Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Y White-breasted
Nuthatch
Creepers
W Brown Creeper
Wrens
S Rock Wren
Y Canyon Wren
S HOUSE WREN
W Winter Wren
W March Wren
Solitaires & Thrushes
M Western Bluebird
M Mountain Bluebird
W Townsend’s Solitaire
M Swainson’s Thrush
M Hermit Thrush
Y AMERICAN ROBIN
Mockingbirds &
Thrashers
S Gray Catbird
S Northern Mockingbird
M Sage Thrasher
M Brown Thrasher
Starlings
Y EUROPEAN STARLING
Pipits
M American Pipit
Waxwings
W Bohemian Waxwing
S Cedar Waxwing
Wood-Warblers
M Orange-crowned
Warbler
S Virginia’s Warbler
M Northern Parula
S YELLOW WARBLER
M YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLER
M Townsend’s Warbler
S American Redstart
M Northern Waterthrush
M MacGillivray’s Warbler
S COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
M Wilson’s Warbler
S Yellow-breasted Chat
Tanagers
M Western Tanager
Towhees & Sparrows
M Green-tailed Towhee
Y SPOTTED TOWHEE
Dippers
W AMERICAN TREE
Y American Dipper
SPARROW
M CHIPPING SPARROW
Kinglets &
M Clay-colored Sparrow
Gnatcatchers
M Brewer’s Sparrow
S Blue-gray Gnatcatcher S Lark Sparrow
M Ruby-crowned Kinglet