Thundershowers forecast, but early on the ominous skies were zipping in from the southwest but keeping up high along the peaks, barely missing us. So Jack and I took a hike. It was a good one.
No great photos, but a evidence of migration still—sparrows and a vireo with the chickadees, other birds in the periphery. And plenty of activity in the neighborhood.
Thundershowers did finally arrive.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:00 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay* (v)
3. House Finch*
4. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5. Black-capped Chickadee*
6. Northern Flicker
7. Lesser Goldfinch*
8. Plumbeous Vireo
9. Sparrow (sp)
Elsewhere
10. Eurasian Collared Dove
11. Song Sparrow
12. House Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, blue-gray gnatcatcher, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, plumbeous vireo, song sparrow house sparrow, sparrow (sp), Woodhouse’s scrub jay
