The heat wave continues. Was already in the upper-70s (F) when dog and I headed up the trail, and the high temp reached (by one report) 106°. (Possibly a record.) Our hike was a quick one, but we weren’t alone up there.
I refer to a few squirrels and dragonflies—and more than a few birds.
Not many more than a few. But a nice surprise in the form of an appearance up near the Monarch Quarry of my second-ever Ash-throated Flycatcher.
The high tomorrow is supposed to cool down into the 90s tomorrow. Ahhh.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:15 a.m. (8:15 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-headed Grosbeak
2. Lazuli Bunting
3. Black-chinned Hummingbird
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Spotted Towhee
6. Ash-throated Flycatcher†
7. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
8. House Finch**
9. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
10. Black-billed Magpie*
11. Warbling Vireo (v)
12. Black-throated Gray Warbler (v)
13. Chipping Sparrow (v)
Elsewhere
14. California Quail
15. Song Sparrow (v)
16. European Starling
Mammals
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
†First-of-year bird
