Did the ridge circuit with dog this morning, a three-and-a-half mile hike up Coyote Canyon (so-called) to a summit above the terminus of the Pipeline Trail. Warm, sunny, breezy, dry.
Not nearly as many individual birds as yesterday, nor as many species. But all around it was a lovely Independence Day hike for both Captain Jack and me.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked 1,200 feet or so up a mountain.
1. Mourning Dove
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. House Finch*
4. Lazuli Bunting
5. Black-headed Grosbeak (v)
6. Black-chinned Hummingbird*
7. American Robin*
8. Spotted Towhee
9. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10. Pine Siskin (v)
11. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
12. Cooper’s Hawk (v)
13. Warbling Vireo (v)
14. Chipping Sparrow (v)
15. Virginia’s Warbler (v)
16. Turkey Vulture
17. Northern Flicker (v)
Elsewhere
18. Black-billed Magpie
19. Eurasian Collared Dove
20. European Starling
Mammals
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbid, black-headedgrosbeak, blue-gray gnatcatcher, chipping sparrow, cooper's hawk, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, lazuli bunting, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock squirrel, spotted towhee, turkey vulture, Virginia’s warbler, warbling vireo
