Early hike this morning. Barely sub-freezing, in the shadow of mountains for the most part. But birds were about—including one of several Cooper’s Hawks I’ve seen up there. Also a trio of kinglets.
Of note: In town, I spotted a pair of California Gulls foraging for scraps in a parking lot (first I could ID as lifers); in the neighborhood, I heard the exotic song of a California Quail for the first time.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Northern Flicker** (v)
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. American Goldfinch**
5. House Finch*
6. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
7. Cooper’s Hawk
8. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
9. American Robin* (v)
Elsewhere
10. House Sparrow (v)
12. Eurasian Collared Dove
13. California Quail
14. California Gull‡
15. Mourning Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
‡Lifer
Tags: American goldfinch, American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California gull, cooper's hawk, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, mourning dove, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, Woohouse’s Scrub-jay
