More thundershowers today, soaking things a bit. Dries fast because the landscape is so thirsty, but a nice change-of-pace. Quite a few birds on today’s hike—including a surprise Warbling Vireo hanging with some chickadees. Speaking of, I got my first photo of one here finally.

But the highlight of the hike was a pair of mule deer I happened to spot down the slope from us. The female even stopped to pose.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.

1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Song Sparrow** (v)
3. Northern Flicker
4. Spotted Towhee
5. Black-capped Chickadee**
6. Warbling Vireo
7. House Finch*
8. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
9. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
10. House Wren
11. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12. Eurasian Collared Dove*

Elsewhere

13. House Sparrow
14. California Quail