Back in Maine, gulls were common. Herring gulls were commonest, but there were also ring-bills, Laughing Gulls, and various winter species. Here in Utah, I’ve only seen four or five gulls in the four or five months since I arrived. All California gulls.
It’s nice to start to get to know a new gull.
Meanwhile, on my hike with Jack, I saw (and/or heard) seven bird species—and watched a little family of mule deer browse on the scrub up a mountainside.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
2. House Finch* (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. Dark-eyed Junco
5. American Robin (v)
6. Black-billed Magpie*
7. Song Sparrow (v)
Elsewhere
9. European Starling
10. Rock Pigeon
11. House Sparrow
12. California Gull
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California gull, dark-eyed junco, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
