A warmish morning, this one—but windy. Just about the windiest hiking conditions I believe I’ve experienced since moving here last August. I’d estimate 30 mph winds. Which actually felt nice up on the ridge, but made for poorer birding than yesterday.

But more species on my list somehow. Nothing outlandish, a few sightings fleeting, no great photos. Still fun, though.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:45 a.m., I hiked about 1,200 feet up a mountain.

1. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
2. American Robin* (v)
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
5. Lazuli Bunting
6. House Finch*
7. Spotted Towhee
8. Orange-crowned Warbler
9. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
10. Pine Siskin (v)
11. Black-chinned Hummingbird
12. Black-headed Grosbeak (v)
13. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
14. Chipping Sparrow
15. Warbling Vireo (v)
16. Black-throated Gray Warbler
17. Virginia’s Warbler (v)
18. Northern Harrier
19. Green-tailed Towhee
20. California Quail*
21. Song Sparrow** (v)

Elsewhere

22. Eurasian Collared Dove (v)

Mammals

Vole (sp)

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