I’m not absolutely positive—as it’s dangerous to be, with Empidonax flycatchers—but I’m pretty sure I saw my first Cordilleran Flycatcher on the mountainside this morning. (Also pretty sure it was a juvenile.)
Another very fun walk uphill today.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:15 a.m., I hiked several hundred feet up a Utah mountain.
1. House Finch
2. Black-billed Magpie
3. Eurasian Collared Dove
4. California Quail
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
7. Lazuli Bunting
8. Cordilleran Flycatcher‡
9. Spotted Towhee
10. Black-throated Hummingbird
11. Lesser Goldfinch
12. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
13. Turkey Vulture
14. House Sparrow
‡Lifer
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-throated hummingbird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, California quail, cordilleran flycatcher, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, lazuli bunting, lesser goldfinch, spotted towhee, turkey vulture, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
