The Hawk and Wren. Sounds like an Irish pub, don’t it? But in fact it’s two of the several bird species I spied up the mountainside out back this morning.
The wren—a Canyon Wren—was more fun. The little guy, hollering his lungs out, entertained Jack and me until I got to feeling bad for causing him so much distress, at which point we high tailed it out of there.
The hawk came a bit later, at the end of our fruitful hike.
Another fine day in Utah.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5. House Finch*
6. Northern Flicker** (v)
7. Spotted Towhee (v)
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. Canyon Wren
10. Red-tailed Hawk
11. Song Sparrow* (v)
Elsewhere
10. European Starling
11. House Sparrow
12. Eurasian Collared Dove
13. Lesser Goldfinch
14. Rock Pigeon
15. Downy Woodpecker
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickaee, canyon wren, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
