Wonderful to hike with dog for the second straight day. A quiet hike to start—but then I spotted an immature eagle. Then another one, above it. The two circled for about three or four minutes up near the rocky outcrop where I usually see them.
That—and Jack being there, too—kind of made my day.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. House Finch*
4. Black-billed Magpie*
5. Golden Eagle
6. Northern Flicker** (v)
7. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
8. Dark-eyed Junco**
Elsewhere
9. Eurasian Collared Dove
10. American Kestrel
11. Song Sparrow (v)
12. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American kestrel, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, golden eagle, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
