Slept late this morning for a change. Nice to get eight hours, with a nice hike to look forward to. And it was a nice, cloudless morning.
Forty-two yellow-rumps moving through—the most I’ve counted in a day in Utah. Harder to photograph here (with the open spaces) than in Maine (with nice thick woods), but a couple actually posed.
Already wondering how many ’rumps will make my list tomorrow.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:39 a.m. (8:39 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch*
2. Black-billed Magpie* (v)
3. Spotted Towhee
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. American Robin
6. Yellow-rumped Warbler
7. Northern Flicker**
8. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
11. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
12. Song Sparrow (v)
Elsewhere
13. California Quail
14. House Sparrow (v)
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, red squirrel, rock pigeon, rock squirrel, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow-rumped warbler
