
We get a lot of cloudless days around here. Today was one of those—or nearly so—the last in a string of them. Tomorrow will have clouds, they say. Rain and/or snow the next couple. Then more blue skies.
A good hike with dog. The usual bird species for the season, deer and cottontail again.
But the most fun surprise was a solitary Red-tailed Hawk that decided to soar over the neighborhood this afternoon. Just gliding on the buoyant warm air, under a blue, blue sky.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:57 a.m. (8:57 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. American Robin*
2. Spotted Towhee
3. Song Sparrow* (v)
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
6. Northern Flicker
7. Black-billed Magpie*
8. Pine Siskin (v)
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. House Finch*
11. California Quail (v)
12. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
Elsewhere
13. Eurasian Collared-dove
14. European Starling
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere