combined colorado set

• spotted towhee

• 9 in

• red eyes

• common raven

• 27 inches

• call is hoarse croak

• woodhouse’s scrub-jay

• 13 in

• hairy woodpecker

• 10 inches

• ruby-crowned kinglet

• 4 in

• black-billed magpie

• 22 in

• cliff swallow

• 6 in

• tail is square-edged

• american robin

• 11 in

• common nighthawk

• 10 in

• often hawks for insects around street lights

• black-capped chickadee

• 6 in

• mourning dove

• 13 in

• mountain chickadee

• 6 in

• white “eyebrow”

• tree swallow

• 6 in

• mallard

• 28 in

• canada jay

• 14 in

• steller’s jay

• 14 in

• white-breasted nuthatch

• 6 in

• house sparrow

• 6 in

• american crow

• 22 in

• call is a distinct — caw

• juniper titmouse

• 6 in

• note head crest

• american pika

• 9 in

• inhabits rock piles in mountainous areas

• yellow-bellied marmot

• 28 in

• mule deer

• 8 ft

• rope-like tail is black-tipped

• bighorn sheep

• 6 ft

• colorado’s state animal

• coyote

• 52 in

• note bushy, black-tipped tail

• black bear

• 6 ft

• over 80% of colorado black bears have a brownish coat

• colorado chipmunk

• 10 in

• note white stripes on side and face

• rock squirrel

• 21 inches

• large size and long bushy tail

• moose

• 9 ft

• elk

• 9 ft

• mountain cottontail

• 15 in

• golden-mantled ground squirrel

• 12 inches

• raccoon

• 3 ft

• black-tailed prairie dog

• 16 inches

• tail is black-tipped

• mountain lion

• 9 ft

• red squirrel

• 15 in

• squirrel is rusty red above and whitish below

• sagebrush lizard

• 6 in

• red-orange sport behind foreleg and blue belly

• eastern fence lizard

• 8 in

• mottled brown to grayish, it has keeled scales on its back

• male often has bright blue patches on its throat and along the sides of its belly

• collared lizard

• 14 in

• note 2 dark collar markings

• gambel oak

• up to 15 ft

• distinctive leaves have 5-9 deep lobes and are up to 6 in. (15 cm) long

• acorns are broadly oval

• rocky mountain juniper

• up to 50 ft

• has bushy crown of ascending branches

• blue, berry-like fruits have a waxy coating

• utah juniper

• up to 40 ft

• leaves are small and scale-like

• red-brown, berry-like cones are fibrous

• ponderosa pine

• up to 160 ft

• long needles are in bundles of 2 or 3

• cones have scales that have sharp outcurved prickles

• pinyon pine

• up to 40 ft

• stiff needles grow in bundles of 2 along twigs

• short stalked, rounded cones produce large seeds

• trembling aspen

• up to 70 ft

• long-stemmed leaves rustle in the slightest breeze

• most widely distributed tree in North America

• colorado blue spruce

• up to 115 ft

• blue-green needles are up to 1.5 inches long and are very prickly

• cones have scales with ragged edges

• colorado’s state tree

• engelmann spruce

• up to 130 ft

• needles have sharp tipes and exude a pungent odor when crushed

• cones often grow in clusters

• lodgepole pine

• up to 80 ft

• needles are twisted in bundles of 2

• cone scales have a single prickle near their outer edge

• subalpine fir

• up to 100 ft

• flattened, dark green needles have silvery line on both surfaces

• cylindrical cones grow upright

• douglas-fir

• up to 130 ft

• flat needles grow in a spiral around branchlets

• cones have 3-pointed bracts protruding between the scales

• big sagebrush

• 20 ft

• gray-green shrub has 3-toothed, wedge-shaped leaves

• bark is gray and shredding

• plant has odor of sage

• lupine

• 5 ft

• star-shaped leaves

• prickly pear cactus

• pads to 3 ft

• prickly pags grow in dense clusters

• plant may also be tree-like

• soapweed

• 4 ft

• large flowers bloom in a long spike

• skyrocket

• 36 in

• flowers resemble exploded fireworks

• rocky mountain bee plant

• 5 ft

• leaves have 3 narrow leaflets

• indian paintbrush

• 3 ft

• rabbitbrush

• 7 ft

• wiry shrub has erect stems that support terminal clusters of small yellow flowers

• shrubby cinquefoil

• 5 ft

• small shrubby plant has bright yellow, waxy flowers

• blue columbine

• 3 ft

• blue and white flowers have long spurs

• colorado’s state flower