A nearly cloudless morning with mostly the same birds as yesterday. Relatively quiet—still dog and I enjoyed it, no matter that I had few chances for photos.
Until the very last switchback before the trailhead, when I spied four robins in the mountain shade. One even obliged me with a photo op.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:33 a.m. (9:33 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. House Finch*
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Dark-eyed Junco
6. Spotted Towhee (v)
7. Pine Siskin (v)
8. Northern Flicker** (v)
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. American Robin
Elsewhere
11. European Starling
Mammals
Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, European starling, house finch, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
