Slept well last night, so got a bit of a late start this morning. A morning much like yesterday’s, with many of the same species. Noteworthy was a Sharp-shinned Hawk on the bluff—very likely the same bird I saw the other day there.
We continued up the trail a good ways before I realized I’d lost the grip off my left boot, so I retraced my steps all the way back to the bluff, where I found it. And also the sharpie, still there.
The rest of our hike brought many magpies and chickadees, a few finches, and the (near-)daily Downy Woodpecker.
A lovely Christmas hike.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:56 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
4. Sharp-shinned Hawk
5. House Finch**
6. Downy Woodpecker
7. Spotted Towhee*
8. Pine Siskin (v)
9. Rock Pigeon*
Elsewhere
10. Northern Flicker (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, downy woodpecker, house finch, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock pigeon, sharp-shinned hawk, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub-jay
