A day much like yesterday, sunny and calm and pleasant. Fairly quiet on the mountainside, but a few interesting species in the neighborhood—including what I’m pretty sure was my first sighting of a western yellow-rump (Audubon’s Warbler) out my office window. Just the third warbler I’ve seen here, in fact—which seems weird.
Managed to survive another hike without Jack my dog (and didn’t get eaten by lions).
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:15 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. House Finch*
2. American Robin** (v)
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay*
4. Black-capped Chickadee**
5. Dark-eyed Junco**
6. Black-billed Magpie*
7. Downy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
8. Eurasian Collared Dove
9. Song Sparrow
10. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
11. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
12. California Quail
13. Yellow-rumped Warbler
14. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, lesser goldfinch, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow-rumped warbler
