Another cloudless morning, and again with fairly clean air. Got up to the trailhead a bit later than usual—i.e., got some extra-good sleep last night—and wondered if there’d be more birds, what with sun (presumably) awakening various bugs and flies and whatnot.
Not as many as yesterday, but some interesting interactions (especially among the abundant little hummingbirds). Plenty of juvies, too, which are fun to see. Plus, a comely female Downy Woodpecker.
They’re not uncommon, downies, but I don’t see them often up in the foothills (at least not since the burnt scrub-oaks lost their appeal late last fall). So, yep—she was my bird of the day.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:33 a.m. (8:33 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. California Quail** (v)
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. Black-chinned Hummingbird
4. Spotted Towhee
6. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
8. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
9. Lazuli Bunting
10. Mourning Dove
11. Lesser Goldinch (v)
12. Rock Pigeon*
Elsewhere
13. Black-billed Magpie
14. Eurasian Collared-dove
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, broad-tailed hummingbird, California quail, Eurasian collaed-dove, lazuli bunting, lsser goldfinch, mourning dove, red squirrel, rock pigeon, rock squirrel, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
