This morning’s lovely hike was serene for the most part. Stll plenty of finches and yellow-rumps, but no outlandish species to speak of—at least not until afternoon. The hike highlight was probably the sudden appearance (amid a small flock of robins up in the juniper barrens) of a solitary Hermit Thrush.

Later, from the back deck, I noticed a couple of birds on a wire. Turns out one was a kestrel—and not far behind it sat a Mourning Dove.

Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:25 a.m. (8:25 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Black-billed Magpie
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. Northern Flicker (v)
4. Spotted Towhee
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Yellow-rumped Warbler
7. House Finch**
8. American Robin
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Hermit Thrush
11. Red-tailed Hawk
12. Lesser Goldfinch

Elsewhere

13. Eurasian Collared-dove
14. House Sparrow
15. Black-billed Magpie (v)

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere