The morning dawned a bit warmer than yesterday, with a bit of a breeze and dry trails. Spied only a few deer—but a goodly number of good spring birds.

Along with the usual resident species, there came a little vee of geese, multiple Cooper’s Hawks, the voice of Chukar and quail. And also—out of the blue and much to my delight—my first Red-naped Sapsucker. A day with a lifer is always a good day.

But so is a day so infused with evidence—greenery, butterflies, bird migration—of early spring.

Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:07 a.m., sun time, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. American Robin*
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. Spotted Towhee*
4. Northern Flicker** (v)
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. House Finch* (v)
7. California Quail (v)
8. Pine Siskin
9. Red-naped Sapsucker‡
10. Chukar (v)
11. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
12. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
13. Canada Goose
14. Cooper’s Hawk

Elsewhere

15. Eurasian Collared-dove
16. House Sparrow (v)

Mammals

Mule Deer

(v) Voice only
*Also Elsewhere
**Voice only Elsewhere
‡Lifer