Another cool and breezy morn. Not as much migration action as yesterday, but still a love hike up the mountainside. The usual suspects—except I saw what I’m pretty sure was my first Song Sparrow in the higher altitudes, posed against a field of early fall color.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
3. Black-capped Chickadee*
4. Spotted Towhee
5. Northern Flicker (v)
6. White-crowned Sparrow (v)
7. House Finch
8. American Robin (v)
9. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10. Song Sparrow*
Elsewhere
11. Eurasian Collared Dove
12. House Sparrow
13. American Goldfinch (v)
14. Rock Pigeon
15. Red-tailed Hawk
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
