Chilly this morning ascending in the mountain shade with dog, Cool air (and not as bad as yesterday). Shorter hike after yesterday’s long haul. Way less bird action. Just glimpses.
Glimpsed three or four little birds that I could not ID. Sometimes you can chase ’em, but most times it’s best just to wait until they appear.
Did get a few good glimpses, though.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:07 a.m. (8:07 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
2. Mourning Dove
3. Black-chinned Hummingbird
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Eurasian Collared-dove*
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Downy Woodpecker (v)
8. House Finch*
9. Lesser Goldfinch
10. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Cooper’s Hawk
Elsewhere
13. Black-billed Magpie
14. House Sparrow
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, cooper's hawk, downy woodpecker, Eurasian collared dove, lesser goldfnich, mourning dove, ouse finch, ouse sparrow, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
