Thought there might be a break in the rain so dog and I could hike this morning, but it wasn’t to be. Instead, we waited until afternoon, when the (welcome) precipitation finally moved away. A nippy—40 degrees (F)—stroll, with more birds than I imagined there’d bee.
Notable were three hawks: a solitary Cooper’s drifting low over the deer trails; a pair of red-tails perched down below the bluff, on their favorite cell tower.
Tomorrow, I hear, will bring no consequential rain.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 12:56 a.m. (11:56 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch** (v)
2. Northern Flicker (v)
3. Black-billed Magpie (v)
4. Song Sparrow** (v)
5. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
6. Rock Pigeon*
7. Red-tailed Hawk
8. Yellow-rumped Warbler
9. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
10. Cooper’s Hawk
11. Dark-eyed Junco
12. American Robin
13. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
Elsewhere
14. House Sparrow (v)
Mammals
Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, red squirrel, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow-rumped warbler
