Right frosty in the shade this morning when dog and I hit the trailhead. Didn’t expect much in the bird department, but danged if I wasn’t wrong. Ended up with fifteen species on my list—more than in a good while.
A couple are individual birds I know (red-tail, solitaire), and a few were random individuals (yellow-rump, calling quail down in the neighborhood.
No award-winning photos today—but I got to see a cottontail. Captain Jack and I had fun.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:38 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch* (v)
2. Black-billed Magpie
3. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Spotted Towhee (v)
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
7. Pine Siskin
8. American Robin (v)
9. Northern Flicker*
10. Red-tailed Hawk*
11. Townsend’s Solitaire (v)
12. Dark-eyed Junco
13. Black-capped Chickadee
14. California Quail (v)
15. Yellow-rumped Warbler (v)
Elsewhere
16. Song Sparrow
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
Red Squirrel (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, dark-eyed junco, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mountain cottontail, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow-rumped warbler
