
This morning we hiked up the cairn, Jack and I. It’d been a while. It was a very good hike. A cloudless day, warm as spring. We even climbed up above the overlook a hundred feet or so and sat a spell.
Not many birds today, but it didn’t seem to matter much. We both dug the mission, the exertion, the smells, the sights—the views of this miraculous world.
Not bad for a couple ol’ boys.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:39 a.m. (8:39 MDT), I hiked some 1,200 feet up a mountain.
1. Northern Flicker
2. Spotted Towhee
3. American Robin*
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. House Finch*
8. Black-billed Magpie
9. Cooper’s Hawk
Elsewhere
10. Eurasian Collared-dove
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, Cooper’s hawk, Eurasian collared-dove, house finch, mule deer, northern flicker, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub-jay