I like an overcast day. If not for my inability to take a decent photo in dim light, I’d prefer birding on cloudy days.
This morning was gray and calm and pleasantly cool. Spotted (or heard) a good selection of birds up the mountain—including a singing female grosbeak, a random pair of cowbirds, and a wayward collared dove.
Most exciting for me, though: after three days of trying, I somehow managed to grab a single half-way decent photo of a Warbling Vireo.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. American robin* (v)
2. Broad-tailed Hummingbird (v)
3. Eurasian Collared Dove*
4. Black-billed Magpie*
5. California Quail* (v)
6. Lazuli Bunting
7. Spotted Towhee
8. House Finch*
9. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
10. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
11. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12. Black-headed Grosbeak
13. Brown-headed Cowbird
14. Orange-crowned Warbler (v)
15. Black-chinned Hummingbird
16. Pine Siskin (v)
17. Chipping Sparrow
18. Warbling Vireo
19. Black-throated Gray Warbler
Elsewhere
20. Song Sparrow
21. European Starling
Mammals
None
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American robi, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, black-headed grosbeak, black-throated gray warbler, blue-gray gnatcatcher, broad-tailed hummingbird, brown-headed cowbird, California quail, chipping sparrow, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, lazuli bunting, lesser goldfinch, Orange-crowned Warbler, pine siskin, song sparrow, spotted towhee, warbling vireo
