Wildlife near Aurora, CO

Aurora spreads across the high plains east of Denver, where the shortgrass prairie is never far. The reservoirs on the city’s edges draw pelicans, grebes, and wintering waterfowl, prairie dogs hold colonies in the open ground with burrowing owls among them, and pronghorn and coyotes work the grassland margins. In the neighborhoods it is Canada geese, cottontails, and black-billed magpies.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Aurora. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

Most-observed species near Aurora

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.