Sub-freezing, cloudless morning, but quite a few birds about. Goo hike with Jack—couple of hawks, the usual suspects. The highlight was, perhaps, a kestrel that visited the neighborhood. Took a photo, I thought—but I didn’t have an SD card in my camera.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:00 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. House Finch*
3. American Robin (v)
4. Northern Flicker (v)
5. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Cooper’s Hawk
8. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
9. Dark-eyed Junco
10. Red-tailed Hawk
Elsewhere
11. House Sparrow (v)
12. American Goldfinch
13. California Quail
14. American Kestrel
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American goldfinch, American kestrel, American robin, black-capped chickadee, California quail, cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, house finch, house sparrow, northern flicker, red-tailed hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
