Another lovely morning hike up the mountainside. No extraordinary bird activity, but enough—towhees, jays, finches, gnatcatchers. Quail in the yard, of course.
And a solitary kestrel at the end of the day.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. House Finch*
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. Spotted Towhee
5. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
6. Lesser Goldfinch* (v)
7. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8. Mourning Dove*
Elsewhere
9. House Sparrow
10. Eurasian Collared Dove
11. California Quail
12. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
13. American Kestrel
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American kestrel, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, blue-gray gnatcatcher, broad-tailed ummingbird, California quail, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
