State:
All About Birds
What in the Wild?
Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my!
Wild Card
100

State Bird

Lark Bunting

100

This bird is often described as "active and acrobatic"

Mountain Chickadee

100

This rodent has the most advanced forms of language known to science.

Prairie Dogs

100

This big cat sounds like a woman screaming when making it's call.

Mountain Lion / Cougar / Puma

100

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge was established in this city in 2004.

Commerce City

200

State Mammal:

Ram / Bighorn Sheep

200

The name of this bird refers to their behavioral characteristic of bobbing. They will duck their heads into the water, often 60 times per minute!

American Dipper

200

This creature hibernates in burrows 23 feet deep. They can weigh up to 11 pounds and grow 2 feet in length.

Yellow-bellied marmot

200

This cute cat may be small, but it is mighty!

Bobcat / Lynx

200

When were wolves reintroduced to Colorado?

December 2023

300

State Amphibian: 

Western Tiger Salamander

300

This bird is common in RMNP, with a white coat in winter and a dappled brown coat in summer.

Ptarmigan

300

This bird only reaches 17 centimeters in length, but it can take out birds three times its size!

Northern Pygmy-Owl

300

This animal requires campers to hide their food up in trees to prevent it from being eaten!

Black Bears
300

What is Colorado's State Fossil?

The Stegosaurus

400

State Fish: 

Greenback Cutthroat Trout

400

This huge bird has a wingspan of 5-7 feet, native to the Western American Plains (and strangely, Siberia), and are known to frequent edges of water. 

Sandhill Crane

400

This animal were declared extinct twice, but now are protected in Soapstone Prairie Natural Area.

Black-Footed Ferrets

400

Black bears can run up to how many miles per hour?

25 mph

400

What fossilized plant was discovered at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument?

Roses

500

State Insect:

Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly 

Will also just accept butterfly

500

This bird measures between 11-14 inches in length. While these birds typically migrate north to south depending on the season, in Colorado they are year-round.

Belted Kingfisher

500

This rodent is related to rabbits and look like a smaller version of them. Despite their adaptations meant to keep them warm, they require cold to live. Males will also sing to females.

Pika

500

These cats are primarily seen in the San Juan Mountains and the Sawatch Range near Leadville. They were reintroduced from Canada and Alaska.

Lynx

500

The Lindenmeier Site in Soapstone Prairie revealed evidence of Paleo-Indians hunting this giant creature.

Bison.