Slept until 8 this holiday Monday, not sure why, but it meant dog and I didn’t get to the trailhead until the sun was already about to top the peak. Still—as alway—a fun and inspiring hike.
Met other hikers (and their dogs), heard (then saw) a male Black-chinned Hummingbird, spotted some old deer bones. Got not great photos up there, though.
However, I did spy on a female House Sparrow at mealtime.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
2. Northern Flicker*
3. Mourning Dove
4. Black-capped Chickadee**
5. House Finch*
6. American Goldfinch
7. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (v)
8. Black-chinned Hummingbird
Elsewhere
9. Eurasian Collared Dove
10. California Quail
11. Black-billed Magpie
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American goldfinch, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, California quail, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, mourning dove, northern flicker, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
