50 Birds to see in Denver
From Buffleheads to Burrowing Owls – Denver has some cool birds!
These are some of the birds that you are most likely to see in Denver neighborhoods, parks, open spaces, backyards, and surrounding areas. Some are probably very familiar, others may not be. Click on any of the bird names to see more information on each bird on Audubon’s “Guide to North American Birds” website. All photos courtesy of Dick Vogel.
Canada Goose Northern Shoveler Mallard Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Rock Pigeon Eurasian Collared-Dove Mourning Dove Broad-tailed Hummingbird American Coot Killdeer Double-crested Cormorant American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Great Horned Owl Burrowing Owl Belted Kingfisher Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Western Kingbird Say’s Phoebe Steller’s Jay Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Horned Lark Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Bushtit White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird American Robin European Starling Cedar Waxwing House Sparrow House Finch Lesser Goldfinch American Goldfinch Spotted Towhee White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird Western Tanager