Ah, a lovely cool breezy cloudless morning. The air tasted cleaner than in at least two or three weeks. And there were birds about.
Tanager, swallow, sparrow, three finch species—and a random pair of Cooper’s Hawks, youngsters, circling together, play-fighting, silently diving and dodging.
Playfulness a fulfilling life makes.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:09 a.m. (8:09 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch*
2. Black-chinned Hummingbird
3. Rock Pigeon*
4. Pine Siskin (v)
5. Western Tanager
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
8. Mourning Dove
9. Black-billed Magpie**
10. Violet-green Swallow
11. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12. Chipping Sparrow
13. Black-capped Chickadee
14. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
15. Cooper’s Hawk
16. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
Mammals
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
