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.
77,113
recent observations
30
species listed
12
birds
9
plants
3
mammals
Naturalists have logged 77,113 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Aurora. The most frequently seen is the Mallard, with 4,320 recorded sightings.
Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (12 of the species listed here), followed by plants (9).