No Jack on my midday Halloween hike, which seemed wrong and strange. I made it a quick one. At first there seemed few birds up the mountainside—but a bunch showed up on my return trip, including Golden Eagle, Canyon Wren, and a pair of vocal ravens.
I sure missed that dog of mine—who had to stay home in a cone—but I can think of worse companionship.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 1:30 p.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee*
2. House Finch**
3. Northern Flicker*
4. American Goldfinch* (v)
5. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
6. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
7. Golden Eagle
8. Black-billed Magpie**
9. Canyon Wren
10. Common Raven
Elsewhere
11. European Starling
12. Rock Pigeon
13. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
14. Eurasian Collared Dove
15. House Sparrow
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American goldfinch, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, canyon wren, common raven, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, golden eagle, house finch, house sparrow, northern flicker, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
