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ABOUT THE CENTER Arvada's Majestic View Nature Center and Community Park is a valuable resource, providing environmental education and awareness of our natural resources. The park now encompasses over 80 acres, which includes wetland areas, the interpretive trail, prairie grasses, and an assortment of wildlife. The 3,000 square foot Nature Center features hands-on nature and environmental displays, wildlife exhibits, classrooms, and meeting space. The Center offers a variety of programs for the general public, school groups, pre-schools, scouts, and other special interest groups. Please call or visit our website for further information about any of our programs. Directions: Wadsworth to 68th Avenue, west to Garrison Street, north to the Center. Occurrences are based on field data collected between 2001 and 2019. Field surveys were conducted by staff and volunteers over the years, sighting over 130 species. Bird Checklist 7030 Garrison Strret Arvada, CO 80004 [SSN REDACTED] www.arvada.org/nature @MajesticVIewNC Great Blue Heron ---PAGE BREAK--- Status SP S F W MN c r c r M r GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Western Grebe PELICANS American White Pelican R u u CORMORANTS Double-crested R c c u R c c r r R u c u M r r M r R c c u RN c c R u M c u c r M u u r M c c u RN c c c c M u M r M r u M r M c u M c r c u M u c u M r r M r r M c r c u M u M c r c M r R r r r M r R u r c c W u r u c M r RN c c c c R c c c c M r r Cormorant BITTERNS & HERONS Great Blue Heron Snowy Egret Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night- Heron American Bittern GEESE & DUCKS Canada Goose Cackling Goose Snow Goose Wood Duck Ruddy Duck Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser VULTURES Turkey Vulture EAGLES & HAWKS Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Swainson’s Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Merlin FALCONS American Kestrel R r Species Status SP S F W M r RN u c u M r M r M r M r R u r u r Prairie Falcon PARTRIDGES & GROUSE Ring-necked Pheasant RAILS & COOTS American Coot Sora PLOVERS Killdeer SANDPIPERS Solitary Sandpiper Willet Spotted Sandpiper GULLS Franklin’s Gull Ring-billed Gull PIGEONS & DOVES Eurasian Collared Dove N c c c r Mourning Dove R c c c r Rock Pigeon R c c c c OWLS Great Horned Owl R u u u r GOATSUCKERS Common Nighthawk R c HUMMINGBIRDS Broad-tailed M u u Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher R c c c c WOODPECKERS R r R c c c c R r RN c c c c R r M r R r c c M u M r r Lewis’s Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Red Naped Sapsucker Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker FLYCATCHERS Olive-sided Flycatcher Western Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Say’s Phoebe M u u Ash-throated Flycatcher M Least Flycatcher M r RN c c c M r r r W u u u R c c c c W u u u RN c c c c R c c c c Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird JAYS, MAGPIES & CROWS Stellar’s Jay R r r r Species Status SP S F W R r R c c u R r R u c c SWALLOWS Tree Swallow Rough-Winged Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow R c c c TITMICE Black-capped Chickadee R c c c c Mountain Chickadee W r r Bushtit M r NUTHATCHES White-breasted Nuthatch R r r r Red-breasted Nuthatch R r r CREEPERS Brown Creeper W r r r WRENS Rock Wren M r House Wren RN u u KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS Ruby-crowned Kinglet W r Blue-gray Gnatcatcher M r r SOLITAIRES & THRUSHES Western Bluebird M r Mountain Bluebird M r r r Townsend’s Solitaire W u u c American Robin RN c c c c THRASHERS Northern Mockingbird M r r Sage Thrasher M r r STARLINGS European Starling RN c c c c PIPITS American Pipit M r WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing W r Cedar Waxwing W u r u WOOD-WARBLERS Orange-crowned Warbler M u u Yellow Warbler M r Yellow-rumped Warbler M c r c Common Yellowthroat MR u u Wilson’s Warbler M u r u u TANAGERS Western Tanager M Spotted Towhee M u r u r Green-tailed Towhee M r u American Tree Sparrow W r r r Chipping Sparrow M u u Status SP S F W M r r R c c c u Species M r u c c c c c r c c c c Vesper Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow W Dark-eyed Junco W Lark Bunting N GROSBEAKS Rose-breasted M Grosbeak BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES Red-winged Blackbird RN Yellow-headed Blackbird M r r Western Meadowlark R c c u Brewer’s Blackbird R r r Common Grackle RN c c c Brown-headed Cowbird R c c Bullock’s Oriole RN u c FINCHES RN c c c c M r House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch R u u u u OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow RN c c c c Legend Seasons Sp Spring (March – May) S Summer (June – August) F Fall (September – November) W Winter (December – February) Status M Migrant N Nesting R Resident W Winters Occurrence c Common, likely to be seen in suitable habitat u Uncommon, sometimes seen r Rare, has been seen but presence unusual 1-20 Cranes Sandhill Crane M r N u u r SPARROWS, TOWHEES & JUNCOS Blue Jay Western-Scrub Jay Black-Billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven r M r N r N u u c r M N r W r Species