These past couple days, as the temperatures in the Pacific Northwest broke all-time heat records (121°F in British Columbia??), Jack and I have had some nice coolish morning hikes up the foothills trails. Upper 60s to start, maybe mid-70s at the end. Today the trend continued.
Yep, it was a lovely morning for a walk in the high desert. We’ve even had scattered thundershowers lately.
[Sucks about anthropogenic climate change, though.]
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:05 a.m. (8:05 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Lazuli Bunting
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. House Finch**
4. Song Sparrow*
5. Mourning Dove
6. Black-chinned Hummingbird
7. Spotted Towhee
8. Rock Pigeon
9. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
10. Black-headed Grosbeak
11. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12. American Robin** (v)
13. Warbling Vireo (v)
14. Black-throated Gray Warbler
15. Turkey Vulture
Elsewhere
16. Eurasian Collared-dove
17. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
18. California Quail
19. House Sparrow (v)
Mammals
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, black-headed grosbeak, black-throated gray warbler, blue-gray gnatcatcher, California quail, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, lazuli bunting, mourning dove, rock pigeon, rock squirrel, song sparrow, spotted towhee, turkey vulture, warbling vireo
