Late-morning hike in flurries and chill. Many birds near the trailhead—in fact, my entire Grandeur Peak list occurred with in the first five or ten minutes of an hour-and-a-half hike.
Later, we came upon a number of browsing and/or napping deer. (Jack even spotted a doe, who spotted him.)
A gift of a day.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 11:15 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. House Finch
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
5. Northern Flicker (v)
6. Dark-eyed Junco
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay
Elsewhere
9. Rock Pigeon
10. California Gull
11. Eurasian Collared Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California gull, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, rock pigeon, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
