Over 125 species of birds have been spotted at Colorado Gators. The geothermal pools and fish supply make it a bird's (and birder's) paradise. We have an "Oasis in the desert" for many kinds of wildlife. Here is a list of some of the birds spotted at our farm, including  pictures.

American Avocet
Brewers Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird      
Mountain Bluebird
Bufflehead                             
Lark Bunting
Canvasback                       
Black-capped Chickadee   
Mountain Chickadee               
American Coot
Brown-headed Cowbird               
Sandhill Crane 
American Crow                   
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove                   
Ring-necked Duck
Ruddy Duck                       
Bald Eagle   
Golden Eagle                       
Great Egret            
Snowy Egret                        
Prairie Falcon
House Finch                       
Northern Flicker
Gadwall                       
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   
Common Goldeneye                   
American Goldfinch
Lesser Goldfinch                   
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose                   
Greater White-Fronted Goose 
Ross’ Goose                        
Snow Goose    
Common Grackle                   
Great-tailed Grackle
Bonaparte’s Gull                   
Ring-billed Gull
Northern Harrier                   
Ferruginous Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk                   
Rough-legged Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk                   
Black-Crowned Night-Heron 
Great Blue Heron                   
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird           
Rufous Hummingbird
Dark-eyed Junco                   
American Kestrel
Killdeer                        
Western Kingbird   
Belted Kingfisher                  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Horned Lark                       
Black-billed Magpie
Mallard                       
Western Meadowlark       
Common Merganser              
Northern Mockingbird   
Common Nighthawk               
White-breasted Nuthatch
Osprey                       
Great Horned Owl
African Grey Parrot
Peacock
White Pelican                   
Wilson’s Phalarope
Say’s Phoebe                   
Rock Pigeon   
Northern Pintail                   
Semipalmated Plover
Common Raven                   
Redhead    
American Redstart                  
American Robin       
Solitary Sandpiper                   
Spotted Sandpiper 
Lesser Scaup                   
Northern Shoveler
Loggerhead Shrike                   
Northern Shrike
Pine Siskin                       
Wilson’s Snipe
Sora                           
American Tree Sparrow   
Brewers Sparrow                   
Chipping Sparrow   
House Sparrow                   
Lark Sparrow       
Lincoln’s Sparrow                   
Song Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow                   
White-crowned Sparrow   
European Starling                   
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow                   
Cliff Swallow   
Northern Rough-winged Swallow       
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow               
Tundra Swan 
Blue-Winged Teal                   
Cinnamon Teal
Green-Winged Teal               
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern                   
Sage Thrasher
Hermit Thrush                   
Green-tailed Towhee
Warbling Vireo                   
Turkey Vulture
Wilson’s Warbler                   
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler               
Northern Waterthrush   
American Wigeon                  
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker                   
Western Wood-Pewee
House Wren                       
Marsh Wren       
Greater Yellowlegs                   
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Yellowthroat