This morning’s hike took dog and me along our familiar route south along the shoreline trail, up Coyote Canyon (so-called) and back via deer trails up among the junipers. There were a lot of nice surprises.
Up the in the cool shady canyon, I heard the sapsucker-like call of a female Cooper’s Hawk and got a nice look at a randomly appearing female Yellow Warbler. In the junipers, I have a favorite shady spot where I like to pause, look and listen. Warbling Vireos, Black-throated Gray Warbler, chickadees, robins. Returning I spied a tanager and oriole, heard a magpie—even caught sight of a collared dove.
Just about every bird occurs to me as a nice surprise.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Rock Pigeon*
2. Mourning Dove
3. Black-chinned Hummingbird
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
5. Lazuli Bunting
6. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7. House Finch**
8. Pine Siskin
9. Spotted Towhee
10. Black-capped Chickadee
11. Lesser Goldfinch
12. Cooper’s Hawk (v)
13. Yellow Warbler
14. Black-throated Gray Warbler
15. Warbling Vireo (v)
16. American Robin
17. Western Tanager
18. Eurasian Collared Dove
19. Black-billed Magpie (v)
20. Bullock’s Oriole
Elsewhere
21. House Sparrow
22. Barn Swallow
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, barn swallow, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbid, black-throated gray warbler, blue-gray gnatcatcher, Bullock’s oriole, cooper's hawk, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, lazuli bunting, lesser goldfinch, mountain cottontail, mourning dove, pine siskin, rock pigeon, spotted towhe, warbling vireo, western tanager, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow warbler
