My morning hike with dog was supposed to be a short one (since grocery shopping after was in the cards), but I got waylaid by some interesting birds. And not a few this day.

Hawk in the big olive tree. Pigeon and chickadee and gnatcatcher and warbler and yet another (unidentified) hummer—and sparrows.

(The sparrows brought the thrills this day, especially a young white-crowned.)

Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:12 a.m. (8:12 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
2. Rock Pigeon
3. House Finch**
4. Cooper’s Hawk
5. Spotted Towhee
6. Northern Flicker (v)
7. American Robin
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10. Brewer’s Sparrow
11. Lesser Goldfinch
12. White-crowned Sparrow
13. Chipping Sparrow
14. Yellow-rumped Warbler
15. Hummingbird (sp?)
16. Black-billed Magpie

Elsewhere

17. Turkey Vulture
18. California Quail

Mammals

Red Squirrel

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere