Devils Tower National Monument

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[Birds] [Mammals] [Reptiles] [Fish] [Amphibians]

Warning: Please do not feed prairie dogs. Human food is hard for prairie dogs to digest and often contains additives that can make them sick. Remember, too, that prairie dogs are wild animals and can inflict a painful bite. They may also be host to fleas that can transmit bubonic plague to humans. Please stay on the walkway

Birds A mecca for both resident and migrating birds of all species Your chance of observing birds in the Monument Area are in the following categories [Excellent][Good][Fair][Occasional][Rare][Very rare] * Birds that breed at the monument or within the immediate vicinity. Excellent These birds in the Monument Area are Regularly found in suitable habitats. * American Robin * Black capped Chickadee * Brown headed Cowbird * Northern Flicker * Red breasted Nuthatch * Red eyed Vireo * Red Crossbill * Rock Dove (Introduced not native to the area.) * White breasted Nuthatch Good chance of observing these birds in the Monument Area High frequency of occurrence throughout suitable habitats. * American Crow * American Kestrel     American Tree Sparrow * Blue Jay     Clay colored Sparrow * Common Yellowthroat * Dark eyed Junco * Eastern Kingbird * Gray Jay * Great Blue Heron * Hairy Woodpecker * House Wren * Mountain Bluebird * Mourning Dove * Pine Siskin * Pinyon Jay * Prairie Falcon * Red headed Woodpecker * Red tailed Hawk * Red winged Blackbird * Rufous sided Towhee * Solitary Vireo * Townsend's Solitaire * Turkey Vulture * Western Meadowlark * Western Tanager * White throated Swift * Yellow breasted Chat * Yellow rumped Warbler * Yellow Warbler Fair chance of observing these birds in the Monument Area Sparsely distributed through some or all of the monument. * American Goldfinch     Bald Eagle * Barn Swallow * Belted Kingfisher * Black headed Grosbeak * Brewer's Blackbird * Brown Creeper     Canada Goose * Cassin's Finch * Chipping Sparrow * Cliff Swallow * Common Grackle     Common Merganser * Cooper's Hawk * Downy Woodpecker * European Starling (Introduced not native to the area.) * Evening Grosbeak     Golden Eagle     Gray crowned Rosy Finch * Great Horned Owl * Lark Sparrow * Lewis' Woodpecker * Mallard * Northern Goshawk     Northern Harrier * Northern Oriole     Osprey * Ovenbird * Rock Wren     Rough legged Hawk * Say's Phoebe     Sharp shinned Hawk * Song Sparrow     Tree Swallow * Violet green Swallow * Warbling Vireo * Western Wood Pewee * Wild Turkey (Introduced not native to the area.) Occasional chance of observing these birds in the Monument Area. Birds seen only a few times a season and not every year. * Black backed Woodpecker     Black billed Magpie     Blackpoll Warbler     Bohemian Waxwing * Brown Thrasher * Canyon Wren * Cedar Waxwing * Common Nighthawk * Common Poorwill     Common Redpoll     Cordilleran Flycatcher * Eastern Screech Owl     Gray Catbird * House Sparrow (Introduced not native to the area.) * Killdeer     Long eared Owl * Northern Rough winged Swallow * Northern Saw whet Owl     Ring necked Pheasant (Introduced not native to the area.)     Rose breasted Grosbeak     Ruby crowned Kinglet     Swainson's Thrush * Vesper Sparrow     Western Kingbird     White crowned Sparrow * Wood Duck Rare chance of observing these birds in the Monument Area. Very few records exist for these birds in the monument area.     American Pipit     American Redstart     American White Pelican     Black crowned Night Heron     Blue winged Teal     Brewer's Sparrow     Broad tailed Hummingbird     Clark's Nutcracker     Dickcissel     Double crested Cormorant     Dusky Flycatcher     Eastern Bluebird     Eastern Phoebe     Ferruginous Hawk     Field Sparrow     Golden crowned Kinglet     Green winged Teal     Green Heron     Harris' Sparrow     Hooded Warbler     Horned Lark     House Finch     Indigo Bunting     Lark Bunting * Lazuli Bunting     Least Flycatcher     Lincoln's Sparrow     Loggerhead Shrike     MacGillivray's Warbler     Merlin     Northern Shrike     Orange crowned Warbler     Orchard Oriole     Peregrine Falcon     Pine Grosbeak     Pygmy Nuthatch     Red naped Sapsucker     Ring billed Gull     Sandhill Crane     Savannah Sparrow     Sharp tailed Grouse     Short eared Owl     Snow Goose *Spotted Sandpiper     Steller's Jay     Swamp Sparrow     Tennessee Warbler     Veery     White throated Sparrow     White winged Crossbill     Williamson's Sapsucker     Wilson's Warbler     Yellow billed Cuckoo     Yellow headed Blackbird Very rare or unconfirmed records:     Black and white Warbler     Burrowing Owl     Canvasback     Common Raven (extirpated)     Gray Vireo     Passenger Pigeon (extinct)     Sage Grouse     Sage Thrasher     Swainson's Hawk

Mammals Common Excellent chance of observing these animals. Regularly found in suitable habitats. *Introduced – not native to the area. Black-tailed prairie dog (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Bushy-tailed woodrat Deer mouse Desert cottontail (Often Seen by Most Visitors) *Eastern fox squirrel (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Least chipmunk (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Porcupine (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Prairie vole Raccoon Red squirrel (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Striped skunk White-tailed deer (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Fairly common Good chance of observing these animals. High frequency of occurrence throughout suitable habitats. Coyote Mule deer (Black-tailed deer) (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Red fox Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Often Seen by Most Visitors) Uncommon Fair chance of observing these animals Sparsely distributed through some or all of the monument. Badger Beaver Bobcat Long-tailed weasel Masked Shrew Mink Muskrat Western harvest mouse White-footed mouse White-tailed jackrabbit Rare Poor chance of observing these animals Very few records exist for these animals in the monument area. of rare or irregular occurrence. Gray fox Mountain lion Norther flying squirrel Pronghorn (antelope) – Are Located in the Keyhole State Park Area Short-tailed weasel (ermine) Wapiti (elk) Yellow-bellied Marmot Status unknown Big brown bat Hispid pocket mouse Hoary bat Little brown bat Meadow jumping mouse Mountain cottontail Northern grasshopper mouse Silver-haired bat Formerly occurred here Bighorn sheep Bison (buffalo) Black bear Black-footed ferret Gray wolf Grizzly bear Lynx Reptiles Common Excellent chance of observing these reptiles. Regularly found in suitable habitats. Bull snake Eastern yellow-bellied racer Western plains garter snake Fairly common Good chance of observing these reptiles. High frequency of occurrence throughout suitable habitats. Common snapping turtle Prairie rattlesnake Uncommon Fair chance of observing these reptiles in suitable habitat. Sparsely distributed through some or all of the monument. Plains hognose snake Red-sided garter snake Wandering garter snake Western spiny softshell turtle Rare Poor chance and a rare or irregular occurrence. Very few records exist for these reptiles in the monument area. Pale milk snake Western smooth green snake Fish *Introduced – not native to the area. Common Excellent chance of observing these fish. Regularly found in suitable habitats. Black bullhead Channel catfish in Keyhole Reservoir *Common carp *Green sunfish *Northern Pike in Keyhole Reservoir Sand shiner *Smallmouth Bass in Keyhole Reservoir White sucker *Walleye in Keyhole Reservoir Uncommon Fair chance of observing these fish in suitable habitat. Sparsely distributed through some or all of the monument. Creek chub Flathead chub Shorthead (northern) redhorse Stonecat Western slivery minnow Rare Poor chance of observing these fish of rare or irregular occurrence. Very few records exist for these fish in the monument area.   Longnose dace   Plains minnow   Status unknown Flathead minnow Mountain sucker River carpsucker Amphibians Common Excellent chance of observing these amphibians. Regularly found in suitable habitats. Northern leopard frog Uncommon Fair chance of observing these amphibians in suitable habitat. Sparsely distributed through some or all of the monument. Great plains toad Western woodhouse toad Rare Poor chance of observing these amphibians of rare or irregular occurrence. Very few records exist for these amphibians in the monument area. Tiger salamander

Pine Haven Wyoming and Keyhole State Park. The perfect vacation destination if you like rolling hills, stately pine trees and clean air, with spectacular scenery just 33.4 miles south of Devils Tower National Monument is Pine Haven Wyoming, nestled in the pine trees on a Peninsula of Keyhole State Park and Reservoir with two accesses to the water and two boat launching areas, where the real fun begins at Keyhole State Park and Reservoir considered the Recreation Capital of Northeast Wyoming. We extend a warm invitation for you to visit our land and our people to relax and get the necessary supplies that you need while enjoying the gentle rolling plains, wide-open prairies, beautiful mountains, sunsets by the lake and a visible abundance of birds and wildlife in Northeast Wyoming. Fill up the gas tank, pack a lunch and have some fun exploring this area located on the western edge of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. Keyhole State Park and Reservoir is approximately 14,720 acres of excellent recreation opportunities that offers excellent fishing for walleye, northern pike, Smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Visitors also have the opportunity to view many type of wildlife including pronghorn antelope, mule deer, white tailed deer, red fox and wild turkeys. Keyhole is a mecca for approximately 225 species of both resident and migrating birds, which can be observed in Keyhole State Park or within a mile of the park boundaries. With the four seasons being comparatively mild, and glorious weather from spring through fall and the long days of summer in Northeast Wyoming provides a lot of time for outdoor activities and sightseeing. Golf, camping, boating, water skiing and fishing are the favorite summer activities, and for the winter months, there is ice fishing, ice boating, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing.

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