Dog and I got to the trailhead early, started our usual routine hike, found ourselves climbing up to the first ridge, then the second—and after a good long time and a climb of more than 3,000 feet, we ended up at the summit of Grandeur Peak.
Felt good, man. But the rest of the day we took it pretty easy.
The hike lasted five hours, and all my batteries ran out, so I missed getting a pic of the Mountain Chickadee that teed up not eight feet away from us. So here’s a pic of a robin in my front yard this afternoon.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:00 a.m., I hiked 3,000-plus feet up a mountain.
1. American Robin*
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Song Sparrow* (v)
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
5. Pine Siskin (v)
6. House Finch* (v)
7. Spotted Towhee
8. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Dark-eyed Junco**
11. Sharp-shinned Hawk
12. Chipping Sparrow (v)
13. Northern Flicker
14. Townsend’s Solitaire
15. Mountain Chickadee
16. Golden Eagle
17. Red-tailed Hawk (v)
18. Cooper’s Hawk
19. Steller’s Jay (v)
20. Common Raven
Elsewhere
21. Eurasian Collared Dove (v)
22. European Starling (v)
23. House Sparrow (v)
24. Rock Pigeon
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, chipping sparrow, common raven, cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, golden eagle, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, mountain chickadee, northern flicker, pine siskin, red-tailed hawk, rock dov, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, spotted towhe, Steller’s jay, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
