Good hike with Captain Jack this morning. just the two of us for most of it—the two of us, plus a fair assortment of local birds. A Juniper Titmouse near the trailhead, the Red-tailed Hawk on its cell-tower perch below the bluff, a gang of chickadees accompanying us up Coyote Canyon.
Was especially nice to see my Downy Woodpecker friend after a couple days away.
Later, at home, I happened to be in the front yard with Jack when I heard the distinctive chatter of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and spotted it flitting into the foliage along the fence. It even popped out for a candid photo.
My experience of 2021 has been OK so far.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:01 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch (v)
2. Juniper Titmouse (v)
3. Black-billed Magpie (v)
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Red-tailed Hawk
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Spotted Towhee*
10. California Quail (v)
11. Pine Siskin
12. Dark-eyed Junco
Elsewhere
13. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
14. European Starling
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, European starling, house finch, juniper titmouse, pine siskin, red squirrel, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
