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Colorado: Birds and Butterflies

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with Michael O’Brien and Louise Zemaitis as Leaders

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1 Ross's Goose Chen rossii
4 Canada Goose 9 100 Branta canadensis
1 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
4 Gadwall 2 150 Y Anas strepera
4 Mallard 8 15 Y Anas platyrhynchos
2 Blue-winged Teal 1 25 Anas discors
4 Cinnamon Teal 1 7 Anas cyanoptera
2 Northern Shoveler 1 1 Anas clypeata
3 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
3 Redhead 1 6 Aythya americana
3 Ring-necked Duck 3 7 Aythya collaris
4 Lesser Scaup 2 3 Aythya affinis
4 Common Merganser 2 10 Y Mergus merganser
3 Ruddy Duck 1 35 Y Oxyura jamaicensis
3 Chukar 1 52 Y Alectoris chukar
2 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
4 Gunnison Sage-Grouse 1 10 Y Centrocercus minimus
3 Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
3 Wild Turkey 1 4 Meleagris gallopavo
4 Pied-billed Grebe 1 4 Podilymbus podiceps
4 Eared Grebe 2 9 Podiceps nigricollis
4 Western Grebe 2 4 Aechmophorus occidentalis
1 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
4 American White Pelican 2 20 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
4 Double-crested Cormorant 4 40 Phalacrocorax auritus
4 Great Blue Heron 4 15 Ardea herodias
1 Great Egret 1 1 Ardea alba
2 Snowy Egret 1 3 Egretta thula
4 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
4 White-faced Ibis 2 200 Plegadis chihi
4 Turkey Vulture 7 10 Cathartes aura
3 Osprey 3 5 N Pandion haliaetus
4 Northern Harrier 2 3 Circus cyaneus
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1 Accipiter striatus
2 Cooper's Hawk 1 1 Accipiter cooperii
1 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
4 Swainson's Hawk 4 11 N Buteo swainsoni
4 Red-tailed Hawk 8 8 Y Buteo jamaicensis
1 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
4 Golden Eagle 4 2 Aquila chrysaetos
4 American Kestrel 9 15 Y Falco sparverius
1 Peregrine Falcon 2 1 Falco peregrinus
3 Prairie Falcon 1 1 Falco mexicanus
1 Sora Porzana carolina
4 American Coot 3 40 NY Fulica americana
4 Killdeer 4 4 Y Charadrius vociferus
4 American Avocet 1 12 Recurvirostra americana
1 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
4 Spotted Sandpiper 3 2 Actitis macularia
2 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
1 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
1 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
3 Wilson's Snipe 1 2 Gallinago delicata
4 Wilson's Phalarope 1 10 Phalaropus tricolor
1 Ring-billed Gull 1 1 Larus delawarensis
4 California Gull 2 11 Larus californicus
1 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
1 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
4 Rock Pigeon 9 300 Columba livia
3 Band-tailed Pigeon 3 3 Patagioenas fasciata
2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 6 30 Streptopelia decaocto
4 Mourning Dove 9 70 Zenaida macroura
4 Great Horned Owl 1 2 Y Bubo virginianus
1 Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
4 Burrowing Owl 1 11 Y Athene cunicularia
1 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus
1 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
4 Black Swift 1 15 N Cypseloides niger
4 White-throated Swift 6 40 N Aeronautes saxatalis
4 Black-chinned Hummingbird 3 15 Archilochus alexandri
3 Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope
4 Broad-tailed Hummingbird 7 20 Selasphorus platycercus
4 Rufous Hummingbird 8 12 Selasphorus rufus
4 Belted Kingfisher 2 2 Ceryle alcyon
4 Lewis's Woodpecker 5 20 N Melanerpes lewis
4 Williamson's Sapsucker 3 3 Sphyrapicus thyroideus
4 Red-naped Sapsucker 3 6 Sphyrapicus nuchalis
3 Downy Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides pubescens
4 Hairy Woodpecker 4 3 Picoides villosus
2 American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
4 Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 8 6 Colaptes auratus cafer
3 Olive-sided Flycatcher 3 1 Contopus cooperi
4 Western Wood-Pewee 6 20 N Y* Contopus sordidulus
1 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
4 Hammond's Flycatcher 1 1 Empidonax hammondii
2 Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
4 Dusky Flycatcher 4 6 Empidonax oberholseri
4 Cordilleran Flycatcher 4 5 Empidonax occidentalis
1 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
4 Say's Phoebe 5 30 Sayornis saya
4 Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 20 Y Myiarchus cinerascens
4 Western Kingbird 7 40 Y Tyrannus verticalis
2 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
2 Loggerhead Shrike 1 1 Lanius ludovicianus
1 Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior
4 Plumbeous Vireo 2 4 Vireo plumbeus
4 Warbling Vireo 4 5 Vireo gilvus brewsteri
4 Gray Jay 3 5 Y Perisoreus canadensis capitalis
4 Steller's Jay 5 3 Cyanocitta stelleri macrolopha
4 Western Scrub-Jay 5 15 Y Aphelocoma californica suttoni
4 Pinyon Jay 1 6 Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
4 Clark's Nutcracker 4 2 Nucifraga columbiana
4 Black-billed Magpie 9 80 N Y Pica hudsonia
4 American Crow 7 86 Y Corvus brachyrhynchos
4 Common Raven 9 45 Corvus corax
4 Horned Lark 3 5 Eremophila alpestris
1 Purple Martin Progne subis
4 Tree Swallow 4 4 Tachycineta bicolor
4 Violet-green Swallow 9 60 N Tachycineta thalassina
4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 4 Stelgidopteryx serripennis
4 Bank Swallow 1 20 N Riparia riparia
4 Cliff Swallow 6 500 N Y Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
4 Barn Swallow 9 75 Y Hirundo rustica
4 Black-capped Chickadee 3 8 Poecile atricapillus
4 Mountain Chickadee 8 15 Poecile gambeli
4 Juniper Titmouse 2 2 Baeolophus ridgwayi
3 Bushtit 2 8 Psaltriparus minimus
3 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
4 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 4 Sitta carolinensis nelsoni
3 Pygmy Nuthatch 3 8 Sitta pygmaea
4 Brown Creeper 2 3 Certhia americana montana
4 Rock Wren 2 25 Y Salpinctes obsoletus
4 Canyon Wren 4 4 Catherpes mexicanus
4 Bewick's Wren 1 1 Thryomanes bewickii eremophilus
4 House Wren 3 8 Troglodytes aedon parkmanii
4 Marsh Wren 1 12 Cistothorus palustris plesius
3 American Dipper 2 4 N Cinclus mexicanus
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 1 H Regulus satrapa
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 1 Regulus calendula
4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 2 Polioptila caerulea obscura
4 Western Bluebird 2 5 Y Sialia mexicana
4 Mountain Bluebird 8 34 NY Sialia currucoides
4 Townsend's Solitaire 2 1 Y Myadestes townsendi
1 Veery Catharus fuscescens
2 Swainson's Thrush 2 1 H Catharus ustulatus
4 Hermit Thrush 2 1 Catharus guttatus auduboni
4 American Robin 9 50 Y Turdus migratorius propinquus
3 Gray Catbird 2 3 Dumetella carolinensis
3 Northern Mockingbird 2 1 Mimus polyglottos
4 Sage Thrasher 2 17 Y Oreoscoptes montanus
1 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
4 European Starling 9 75 Y Sturnus vulgaris
4 American Pipit 2 30 Y Anthus rubescens alticola
3 Cedar Waxwing 6 5 Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 3 Y Vermivora celata
4 Virginia's Warbler 3 5 Y Vermivora virginiae
4 Yellow Warbler 6 4 Y Dendroica petechia
4 Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler 4 8 Dendroica coronata auduboni
4 Black-throated Gray Warbler 2 12 Y Dendroica nigrescens
4 Grace's Warbler 1 4 Dendroica graciae
4 Common Yellowthroat 1 2 Geothlypis trichas occidentalis
4 Wilson's Warbler 2 2 Wilsonia pusilla pileolata
3 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 4 Y Icteria virens
4 Western Tanager 6 4 Piranga ludoviciana
4 Green-tailed Towhee 2 2 Pipilo chlorurus
4 Spotted Towhee 5 15 Y Pipilo maculatus montanus
4 Chipping Sparrow 4 10 Y Spizella passerina
4 Brewer's Sparrow 3 20 Y Spizella breweri breweri
4 Vesper Sparrow 1 4 Pooecetes gramineus
4 Lark Sparrow 3 8 Y Chondestes grammacus
3 Lark Bunting 1 1 Calamospiza melanocorys
4 Savannah Sparrow 1 6 Passerculus sandwichensis
4 (Slate-colored) Fox Sparrow 3 1 Passerella iliaca schistacea
4 Song Sparrow 7 6 Y Melospiza melodia montana
4 Lincoln's Sparrow 4 2 Y Melospiza lincolnii
4 (Mtn.)White-crowned Sparrow 6 15 Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha
4 Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco 7 8 Y Junco hyemalis caniceps
4 Black-headed Grosbeak 3 6 Y Pheucticus melanocephalus
4 Blue Grosbeak 1 4 Passerina caerulea
4 Lazuli Bunting 3 8 Passerina amoena
3 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
4 Red-winged Blackbird 8 200 Y Agelaius phoeniceus stereus
4 Western Meadowlark 6 12 Sturnella neglecta
4 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 50 Y Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
4 Brewer's Blackbird 9 200 Euphagus cyanocephalus
3 Common Grackle 3 8 Quiscalus quiscula
3 Great-tailed Grackle 2 2 Quiscalus mexicanus
4 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 15 Y Molothrus ater
1 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
4 Bullock's Oriole 1 20 Y Icterus bullockii
2 Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 1 6 Leucosticte australis
4 Pine Grosbeak 3 3 Pinicola enucleator
4 Cassin's Finch 7 8 Y Carpodacus cassinii
4 House Finch 7 30 Y Carpodacus mexicanus
4 Red Crossbill (Type 2) 1 1 Y Loxia curvirostra (pusilla?)
4 Red Crossbill (Type 5) 4 25 Loxia curvirostra (bendirei?)
4 Pine Siskin 8 100 Y Carduelis pinus
4 Lesser Goldfinch 4 10 Carduelis psaltria psaltria
4 American Goldfinch 1 1 H Carduelis tristis pallida
4 Evening Grosbeak 1 1 Coccothraustes vespertinus brooksi
4 House Sparrow 9 50 Passer domesticus

Butterflies

3 Rocky Mountain Parnassian 3 40 Parnassius smitheus
2 "Baird's" Old World Swallowtail 1 1 Papilio machaon bairdii
2 Anise Swallowtail Papilio machaon
4 Western Tiger Swallowtail 4 12 Papilio rutulus
4 Two-tailed Swallowtail 6 5 Papilio multicaudata
4 Becker's White 2 6 Pontia beckerii
4 Checkered White 7 100 Pontia protodice
4 Mustard White 1 4 Pieris napi
4 Cabbage White 7 100s Pieris rapae
4 Clouded Sulphur 6 100s Colias philodice
4 Orange Sulphur 4 5 Colias eurytheme
3 Mead's Sulphur 4 5 Colias meadii
2 Scudder's Sulphur 1 1 Colias scudderi
1 Barred Yellow 1 1 Eurema daira
1 Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole
2 Lustrous Copper Lycaena cupreus
2 Gray Copper 1 1 Lycaena dione
1 Bronze Copper Lycaena hyllus
4 Colorado Hairstreak 3 5 Hypaurotis crysalus
4 Great Purple Hairstreak 1 3 Atlides halesus
1 Coral Hairstreak 1 2 Satryium titus
1 Behr's Hairstreak Satyrium behrii
3 Banded Hairstreak 2 2 Satryium calanus
1 Striped Hairstreak 2 1 Satryium liparops
1 "Canyon" Bramble Hairstreak Callophrys dumetorum apama
3 "Siva" Juniper Hairstreak 1 4 Callophrys gryneus siva
2 Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exile
2 Marine Blue Leptotes marina
4 Reakirt's Blue 1 3 Hemiargus isola
1 Square-spotted Blue Euphilotes battoides
4 Greenish Blue 3 50 Plebejus saepiolus
4 Boisduval's Blue 1 10 Plebejus icarioides
4 Arctic Blue 4 6 Agriades glandon franklinii
1 Mormon Metalmark Apodemia mormo
2 Variegated Fritillary 2 8 Euptoieta claudia
4 Aphrodite Fritillary 2 1 Speyeria aphrodite
2 Edwards's Fritillary Speyeria edwardsii
3 Zerene Fritillary Speyeria zerene
4 Callippe Fritillary 1 20 Speyeria callippe
2 Atlantis Fritillary Speyeria atlantis atlantis
4 "Northwestern" Fritillary 3 12 Speyeria atlantis hesperis
4 Mormon Fritillary 4 10 Speyeria mormonia
4 Purplish Fritillary 3 2 Boloria montinus
2 Rockslide Checkerspot Chlosyne whitneyi
1 Northern Crescent Phyciodes selenis
2 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos
1 Tawny Crescent Phyciodes batesii
4 Variable Checkerspot 3 5 Euphydryas chalcedona
3 Hoary Comma 1 3 Polygonia gracilis
3 Milbert's Tortoiseshell 1 1 Nymphalis milberti
2 Mourning Cloak 1 1 Nymphalis antiopa
3 Painted Lady 1 1 Vanessa cardui
1 Red Admiral 1 1 Vanessa atalanta
3 Viceroy 1 1 Limenitis archippus
4 Weidemeyer's Admiral 7 8 Limenitis weidemeyerii
4 Hackberry Emperor 1 5 Asterocampa celtis
2 Mead's Wood-Nymph Cercyonis meadii
1 Magdalena Alpine Erebia magdalena
3 Colorado Alpine 1 8 Erebia callias
4 Monarch 1 5 Danaus plexippus
2 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 4 Epargyreus clarus
1 Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades
4 Horace's Duskywing 1 1 Erynnis horatius
3 Afranius Duskywing 1 1 Erynnis afranius
4 Common Checkered-Skipper 5 15 Pyrgus communis communis
1 Common Sootywing 1 5 Pholisora catullus
1 Mojave Sootywing Hesperopsis libya
2 Russet Skipperling 1 5 Piruna pirus
4 Garita Skipperling 2 20 Oarisma garita
1 Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiacus
2 Uncas Skipper Hesperia uncus
4 Common Branded-Skipper 2 2 Hesperia comma
1 Sandhill Skipper Polites sabuleti
4 Draco Skipper 1 1 Polites draco
1 Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles
3 Yuma Skipper 1 1 Ochlodes yuma
4 Taxiles Skipper 2 12 Poanes taxiles
4 Dun Skipper 1 4 Euphyes vestris

Butterflies and Moths

2 Pale Swallowtail 2 2 Papilio eurymedon
3 Pine White 2 20 Neophasia menapia
4 Tailed Copper 1 20 Lycaena arota
4 Blue Copper 1 3 Lycaena heteronea
4 Purplish Copper 3 3 Lycaena helloides
1 Sylvan Hairstreak Satyrium sylvinus
1 Hedgerow Hairstreak 1 1 Satyrium saepium
4 Melissa Blue 2 4 Lycaeides melissa
3 Acmon Blue 1 1 Plebejus acmon
4 Great Spangled Fritillary 2 50 Speyeria cybele
1 West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella
2 Common Ringlet 2 20 Coenonympha tullia
4 Common Wood-Nymph 2 20 Cercyonis pegala
2 Great Basin Wood-Nymph Cercyonis sthenele
4 Woodland Skipper 3 7 Ochlodes sylvanoides

Butterflies and Skippers

2 Western White 1 3 Pontia occidentalis
1 Large Marble Euchloe ausonides
2 Queen Alexandra's Sulphur 2 4 Colias alexandra
4 Ruddy Copper 3 8 Lycaena rubidus
1 Coronis Fritillary Speyeria coronis
3 Field Crescent 1 1 Phyciodes campestris
4 Small Wood-Nymph 4 400 Cercyonis oetus
4 Common Alpine 1 2 Erebia epipsodea
3 Ridings's Satyr 1 5 Neominois ridingsii
2 Chryxus Arctic 3 6 Oeneis chryxus
2 Grizzled Skipper 2 2 Pyrgus centaureae

Odonates

2 Northern Spreadwing X Lestes disjunctus
2 Blue-eyed Darner X Aeshna multicolor
1 Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa
1 Four-spotted Skimmer Libellula quadrimaculata
1 Variegated Meadowhawk X Sympetrum corruptum
1 Western Meadowhawk Sympetrum occidentale

Damselflies and Dragonflies

1 Vivid Dancer Argia vivida
1 Boreal Bluet Enallagma boreale
1 Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum
2 Northern Bluet X Enallagma cyathigerum
1 Plains Forktail Ischnura damula
1 Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta
1 Pale Snaketail Ophiogomphus severus
2 Cherry-faced Meadowhawk X Sympetrum internum

Mammals

4 American Pika X Ochotona collaris
4 Desert Cottontail X Sylviagus audubonii
2 Mountain Cottontail Sylviagus nuttallii
2 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus
2 Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
3 White-tailed Jackrabbit X Lepus townsendi
4 Least Chipmunk X Tamias minimus
3 Colorado Chipmunk Tamias quadrivittatus
3 Hopi Chipmunk X Tamias rufus
4 Yellow-bellied Marmot X Marmota flaviventris
4 White-tailed Antelope Squirrel X Ammospermophilus leucurus
4 Wyoming Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus elegans
4 Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel X Spermophilus lateralis
4 Rock Squirrel X Spermophilus variegatus
4 Gunnison's Prairie Dog X Cynomys gunnisoni
3 White-tailed Prairie Dog X Cynomys leucurus
4 Black-tailed Prairie Dog X Cynomys ludovicianus
3 Abert's Squirrel Sciurus aberti
4 Eastern Fox Squirrel X Sciurus niger
4 Red Squirrel X Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
1 Northern Pocket-Gopher X Thomomystalpoidae
1 Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi
1 American Badger Taxidea taxus
3 Common Muskrat X Ondatra zibethica
2 Red Fox X Vulpes vulpes
4 Coyote X Canis latrans
2 Feral Horse X Equus caballus
3 Elk X Cervus elaphus
4 Mule Deer X Odocoileus hemionus
1 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
4 Pronghorn X Antilocapra americana
4 Mountain Goat X Oreamnos americanus
2 Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis

3 Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata maculata
1 "Yellow-headed" Collared Lizard Crotaphytus collaris auriceps
1 Greater Short-horned Lizard X Phrynosoma hemandesi
1 Southern Plateau Lizard Sceloporus undulatus tristichus
2 Plateau Striped Whiptail Cnemidophorus velox

Amphibians and Reptiles

3 Bullfrog H X Rana catesbeiana
2 Side-blotched Lizard X Uta stansburiana
1 Ornate Tree Lizard Urosaurus ornatus
2 Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus
1 Six-lined Racerunner Cnemidophorus sexlineatus