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Colorado and Utah

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with Rich Hoyer as leader

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5 Canada Goose 6 50 N Branta canadensis
3 Wood Duck 2 10 Aix sponsa
5 Gadwall 6 30 Anas strepera
5 American Wigeon 2 2 Anas americana
5 Mallard 10 100 N Anas platyrhynchos
5 Blue-winged Teal 5 8 Anas discors
5 Cinnamon Teal 4 12 Anas cyanoptera
5 Northern Shoveler 2 4 Anas clypeata
5 Northern Pintail 1 1 Anas acuta
5 Green-winged Teal 2 2 Anas crecca
4 Canvasback 1 1 Aythya valisineria
5 Redhead 4 10 Aythya americana
4 Ring-necked Duck 1 9 Aythya collaris
5 Lesser Scaup 1 10 Aythya affinis
1 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
5 Common Merganser 3 1 Mergus merganser
5 Ruddy Duck 3 20 Oxyura jamaicensis
5 Chukar 1 19 N Alectoris chukar
4 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
3 Greater Sage-Grouse 1 3 Centrocercus urophasianus
5 White-tailed Ptarmigan 1 1 Lagopus leucura
3 Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
3 Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
0 Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido
4 California Quail 2 6 N Callipepla californica
4 Gambel's Quail 1 3 Callipepla gambelii
1 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
1 Common Loon Gavia immer
5 Pied-billed Grebe 2 2 Podilymbus podiceps
5 Eared Grebe 4 2000 Podiceps nigricollis
5 Western Grebe 5 200 Aechmophorus occidentalis
5 Clark's Grebe 3 600 Aechmophorus clarkii
5 American White Pelican 6 750 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
5 Double-crested Cormorant 5 15 Phalacrocorax auritus
5 American Bittern 1 2 Botaurus lentiginosus
5 Great Blue Heron 5 15 Ardea herodias
5 Great Egret 2 3 Ardea alba
5 Snowy Egret 3 75 Egretta thula
5 Cattle Egret 1 8 Bubulcus ibis
5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 12 Nycticorax nycticorax
5 White-faced Ibis 2 1000 Plegadis chihi
5 Turkey Vulture 6 70 Cathartes aura
5 Osprey 2 2 Pandion haliaetus
2 Bald Eagle 1 3 N Haliaeetus leucocephalus
5 Northern Harrier 2 2 Circus cyaneus
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 1 Accipiter striatus
3 Cooper's Hawk 2 1 Accipiter cooperii
1 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
5 Swainson's Hawk 6 8 N Buteo swainsoni
5 Red-tailed Hawk 7 6 Buteo jamaicensis
4 Ferruginous Hawk 2 3 N Buteo regalis
5 Golden Eagle 5 3 Aquila chrysaetos
5 American Kestrel 7 15 Falco sparverius
3 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 Falco peregrinus
3 Prairie Falcon 1 1 Falco mexicanus
5 Virginia Rail 3 4 Rallus limicola
3 Sora 1 1 H Porzana carolina
1 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
5 American Coot 4 50 N Fulica americana
5 Sandhill Crane 4 8 Grus canadensis
3 Snowy Plover 1 4 N Charadrius alexandrinus
5 Killdeer 8 20 N Charadrius vociferus
5 Mountain Plover 1 1 Charadrius montanus
5 Black-necked Stilt 2 150 Himantopus mexicanus
5 American Avocet 3 3000 N Recurvirostra americana
5 Spotted Sandpiper 5 4 Actitis macularius
1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 3 Tringa melanoleuca
5 Willet 2 6 N Tringa semipalmata
1 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
1 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
4 Long-billed Curlew 1 3 Numenius americanus
4 Marbled Godwit 1 200 Limosa fedoa
1 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
1 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
5 Wilson's Snipe 6 3 Gallinago delicata
5 Wilson's Phalarope 4 15 Phalaropus tricolor
1 Red-necked Phalarope 1 2 Phalaropus lobatus
5 Franklin's Gull 2 500 Larus pipixcan
1 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia
5 Ring-billed Gull 4 20 Larus delawarensis
5 California Gull 4 20000 N Larus californicus
3 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
3 Black Tern 1 1 Chlidonias niger
5 Forster's Tern 3 30 Sterna forsteri
5 Rock Pigeon 6 150 Columba livia
5 Band-tailed Pigeon 1 2 Patagioenas fasciata
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 1 Streptopelia decaocto
5 Mourning Dove 8 60 Zenaida macroura
5 Flammulated Owl 1 1 Otus flammeolus
5 Western Screech-Owl 1 1 Megascops kennicottii
5 Great Horned Owl 1 1 Bubo virginianus
1 Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
4 Burrowing Owl 2 21 N Athene cunicularia
1 Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
3 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
5 Common Nighthawk 5 150 Chordeiles minor
3 Common Poorwill 1 3 Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
3 Black Swift Cypseloides niger
5 White-throated Swift 4 50 Aeronautes saxatalis
5 Black-chinned Hummingbird 2 3 Archilochus alexandri
5 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 7 30 Selasphorus platycercus
4 Belted Kingfisher 4 2 Ceryle alcyon
4 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
2 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Melanerpes erythrocephalus
3 Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
5 Red-naped Sapsucker 3 2 N Sphyrapicus nuchalis
5 Downy Woodpecker 2 8 N Picoides pubescens
5 Hairy Woodpecker 7 2 N Picoides villosus
2 American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
5 "Red-shafted" Northern Flicker 9 4 N Colaptes auratus
5 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 2 Contopus cooperi
4 Western Wood-Pewee 8 5 Contopus sordidulus
4 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
1 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
5 Hammond's Flycatcher 2 2 Empidonax hammondii
5 Gray Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax wrightii
5 Dusky Flycatcher 4 4 Empidonax oberholseri
5 Cordilleran Flycatcher 3 2 Empidonax occidentalis
1 Eastern Phoebe 1 1 Sayornis phoebe
5 Say's Phoebe 3 6 Sayornis saya
5 Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 8 Myiarchus cinerascens
1 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
5 Western Kingbird 7 100 N Tyrannus verticalis
5 Eastern Kingbird 4 4 Tyrannus tyrannus
5 Loggerhead Shrike 2 5 Lanius ludovicianus
5 Gray Vireo 1 5 Vireo vicinior
5 Plumbeous Vireo 4 2 Vireo plumbeus
5 Warbling Vireo 7 8 Vireo gilvus
3 Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis
5 Steller's Jay 2 3 Cyanocitta stelleri
5 Blue Jay 1 6 N Cyanocitta cristata
5 "Woodhouse's" Western Scrub-Jay 2 10 Aphelocoma californica
5 Pinyon Jay 2 44 N Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
5 Clark's Nutcracker 2 5 Nucifraga columbiana
5 Black-billed Magpie 10 50 N Pica hudsonia
5 American Crow 8 80 Corvus brachyrhynchos
5 Common Raven 9 15 Corvus corax
5 Horned Lark 6 175 N Eremophila alpestris
5 Tree Swallow 4 20 Tachycineta bicolor
5 Violet-green Swallow 7 30 Tachycineta thalassina
5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 8 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
5 Bank Swallow 4 75 N Riparia riparia
5 Cliff Swallow 8 1500 N Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
5 Barn Swallow 7 10 N Hirundo rustica
5 Black-capped Chickadee 3 3 Poecile atricapillus
5 Mountain Chickadee 4 10 N Poecile gambeli
5 Juniper Titmouse 1 2 Baeolophus ridgwayi
4 Bushtit 1 6 N Psaltriparus minimus
5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta canadensis
4 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 6 N Sitta carolinensis
5 Pygmy Nuthatch 3 4 Sitta pygmaea
5 Brown Creeper 1 1 Certhia americana
5 Rock Wren 5 15 N Salpinctes obsoletus
4 Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
5 Bewick's Wren 1 2 H Thryomanes bewickii
5 House Wren 7 16 N Troglodytes aedon
5 Marsh Wren 2 10 N Cistothorus palustris
4 American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
4 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 2 Regulus satrapa
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 10 Regulus calendula
5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 10 Polioptila caerulea
4 Western Bluebird 1 3 Sialia mexicana
5 Mountain Bluebird 9 20 Sialia currucoides
5 Townsend's Solitaire 4 3 Myadestes townsendi
3 Veery 1 1 Catharus fuscescens
3 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
5 Hermit Thrush 7 2 Catharus guttatus
5 American Robin 10 30 N Turdus migratorius
5 Gray Catbird 2 9 Dumetella carolinensis
5 Northern Mockingbird 3 3 Mimus polyglottos
5 Sage Thrasher 3 12 N Oreoscoptes montanus
4 Brown Thrasher 1 3 Toxostoma rufum
5 European Starling 8 100 N Sturnus vulgaris
5 American Pipit 2 10 Anthus rubescens
5 Cedar Waxwing 2 6 Bombycilla cedrorum
4 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata
5 Virginia's Warbler 3 5 Vermivora virginiae
1 Northern Parula Parula americana
5 Yellow Warbler 8 8 Dendroica petechia
5 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 10 Dendroica coronata
5 Black-throated Gray Warbler 2 2 Dendroica nigrescens
2 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
2 Ovenbird 1 1 Seiurus aurocapilla
5 MacGillivray's Warbler 3 5 Oporornis tolmiei
5 Common Yellowthroat 4 2 Geothlypis trichas
5 Wilson's Warbler 2 1 Wilsonia pusilla
5 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 5 Icteria virens
5 Western Tanager 6 4 Piranga ludoviciana
5 Green-tailed Towhee 5 5 Pipilo chlorurus
5 Spotted Towhee 3 8 Pipilo maculatus
3 Cassin's Sparrow 1 2 Aimophila cassinii
5 Chipping Sparrow 8 10 Spizella passerina
5 Brewer's Sparrow 6 10 N Spizella breweri
5 Vesper Sparrow 5 25 Pooecetes gramineus
5 Lark Sparrow 3 20 Chondestes grammacus
5 Black-throated Sparrow 1 2 Amphispiza bilineata
5 "Sagebrush" Sage Sparrow 1 2 Amphispiza belli
5 Lark Bunting 2 125 Calamospiza melanocorys
5 Savannah Sparrow 4 2 Passerculus sandwichensis
5 Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 Ammodramus savannarum
4 'Slate-colored' Fox Sparrow 1 6 Passerella iliaca
5 Song Sparrow 6 4 Melospiza melodia
5 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 4 Melospiza lincolnii
5 White-crowned Sparrow 4 4 Zonotrichia leucophrys
5 'Gray-headed' Dark-eyed Junco 6 8 Junco hyemalis
5 McCown's Longspur 1 30 N Calcarius mccownii
4 Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
5 Black-headed Grosbeak 4 6 Pheucticus melanocephalus
5 Blue Grosbeak 3 2 Passerina caerulea
5 Lazuli Bunting 5 8 Passerina amoena
5 Bobolink 1 1 Dolichonyx oryzivorus
5 Red-winged Blackbird 9 300 Agelaius phoeniceus
5 Western Meadowlark 8 100 Sturnella neglecta
5 Yellow-headed Blackbird 4 25 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
5 Brewer's Blackbird 7 50 Euphagus cyanocephalus
5 Common Grackle 4 50 Quiscalus quiscula
5 Great-tailed Grackle 2 2 Quiscalus mexicanus
5 Brown-headed Cowbird 9 25 Molothrus ater
5 Orchard Oriole 2 2 Icterus spurius
5 Bullock's Oriole 6 10 N Icterus bullockii
2 Scott's Oriole 1 1 Icterus parisorum
4 Black Rosy-Finch 1 1 Leucosticte atrata
3 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 1 2 Leucosticte australis
3 Pine Grosbeak 1 9 Pinicola enucleator
5 Cassin's Finch 2 15 Carpodacus cassinii
5 House Finch 7 20 Carpodacus mexicanus
5 Red Crossbill 3 7 Loxia curvirostra
5 Pine Siskin 5 12 Carduelis pinus
5 Lesser Goldfinch 2 2 Carduelis psaltria
5 American Goldfinch 4 4 Carduelis tristis
3 House Sparrow 8 75 N Passer domesticus

Mammals

3 bat species x Chiroptera
5 American Pika x Ochotona princeps
5 Desert Cottontail x Sylvilagus audubonii
2 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
3 Mountain Cottontail x Sylvilagus nuttallii
2 Snowshoe Hare x Lepus americanus
3 Black-tailed Jackrabbit x Lepus californicus
2 White-tailed Jackrabbit x Lepus townsendi
1 Cliff Chipmunk Tamias dorsalis
5 Least Chipmunk x Tamias minimus
5 Colorado Chipmunk x Tamias quadrivittatus
3 Hopi Chipmunk x Tamias rufus
2 Uinta Chipmunk x Tamias umbrinus
5 Yellow-bellied Marmot x Marmota flaviventris
3 Uinta Ground Squirrel x Spermophilus armatus
5 Wyoming Ground Squirrel x Spermophilus elegans
5 Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel x Spermophilus lateralis
5 Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel x Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
5 Rock Squirrel x Spermophilus variegatus
5 White-tailed Prairie Dog x Cynomys leucurus
5 Black-tailed Prairie Dog x Cynomys ludovicianus
4 Abert's Squirrel x Sciurus aberti
2 Eastern Fox Squirrel x Sciurus niger
5 Red Squirrel x Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
1 vole species Microtus sp.
4 Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethecus
1 Common Porcupine x Erethizon dorsatum
5 Coyote x Canis latrans
1 Swift Fox Vulpes velox
2 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
1 Long-tailed Weasel x Mustela frenata
1 Raccoon Procyon lotor
2 American Badger x Taxidea taxus
1 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
5 Elk (Wapiti) x Cervus elaphus
5 Mule Deer x Odocoileus hermionus
1 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
4 Moose x Alces alces
5 Pronghorn x Antilocapra americana
3 Bighorn Sheep x Ovis canadensis

Amphibians and Reptiles

3 Bullfrog x H Rana catesbeiana
2 Western Chorus Frog x H Pseudacris triseriata
1 Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens
1 Eastern Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris
1 Mountain Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi
4 Sagebrush Lizard x Sceloporus graciosus
1 Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus
1 Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana
5 "Marbled" Western Whiptail x Aspidoscelis tigris marmoratus
1 Plateau Striped Whiptail Aspidoscelis velox
3 Western Terrestrial Garter Snake x Thamnophis elegans

Butterflies and Skippers

2 Phoebus Parnassian x Parnassius phoebus
1 Anise Swallowtail x Papilio machaon/zelicaon
1 Large Marble Euchloe ausonides
2 Queen Alexandra's Sulphur x Colias alexandra
2 Ruddy Copper x Lycaena rubidus
1 Western Tailed-Blue Everes amyntula
1 Coronis Fritillary Speyeria coronis
1 Northern Checkerspot x Chlosyne palla
2 Field Crescent x Phyciodes campestris
1 Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus
1 Gray Comma Polygonia progn
1 Small Wood-Nymph Cercyonis oetus
1 wood-nymph species Cercyonis sp.
1 Common Alpine Erebia epipsodea
4 Ridings's Satyr x Neominois ridingsii
2 Chryxus Arctic x Oeneis chryxus
1 Melissa Arctic Oeneis melissa
1 Persius Duskywing Erynnis persius
2 duskywing species x Erynnis sp.
1 Grizzled Skipper x Pyrgus centaureae
1 checkered-skipper species Pyrgus sp.
1 Uncas Skipper x Hesperia uncas
1 Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis

Butterflies

3 Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus
3 Two-tailed Swallowtail x Papilio multicaudata
1 Becker's White x Pontia beckerii
4 Checkered White x Pontia protodice
2 Mustard White Pieris napi
4 Cabbage White x Pieris rapae
3 Clouded Sulphur x Colias philodice
1 Orange Sulphur x Colias eurytheme
1 Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
1 Spring Azure Celastrina ladon
1 Atlantis Fritillary Speyeria atlantis
1 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
1 Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis
3 Mourning Cloak x Nymphalis antiopa
1 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
3 Weidemeyer's Admiral Limenitis weidemeyerii
2 Monarch Danaus plexippus
1 Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus
1 Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades
1 Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus
1 Juba Skipper x Hesperia juba

Butterflies and Moths

4 Pale Swallowtail x Papilio eurymedon
1 Blue Copper Lycaena heteronea
5 fritillary species x Speyeria sp.
1 West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella
4 Common Ringlet Coenonympha tullia

Damselflies and Dragonflies

1 spreadwing species x Lestes sp.
1 Mountain Emerald Somatochlora semicircularis

Odonates

2 Eight-spotted Skimmer x Libellula forensis
2 Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata
1 Widow Skimmer x Libellula luctuosa
2 Variegated Meadowhawk x Sympetrum corruptum