Cool morning, fair, quiet. In the mountain’s shadow, all was pretty quiet, and I didn’t expect to encounter many birds. But then the sun topped the ridge, and my list ended up with a dozen species.
Cool.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. American Robin (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. Northern Flicker**
5. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
6. Cooper’s Hawk
7. Dark-eyed Junco**
8. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
9. House Finch*
10. Downy Woopecker (v)
11. Townsend’s Solitaire
12. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
Elsewhere
13. Eurasian Collared Dove
14. House Sparrow
15. Song Sparrow (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickaee, cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Eurasian collared dove, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
