After a week of pretty heavy hiking, Jack and I took a day off, kinda. Got to the trailhead early. Climbed up and down a bit over two-and-a-half miles or so, but didn’t go more than a few hundred feet up Saw or heard ten species on our hike, a few more below.
But tomorrow comes a new week. We might have to hit the heights again.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. American Robin*
2. Spotted Towhee
3. Northern Flicker
4. Black-billed Magpie*
5. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Pine Siskin (v)
8. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
9. House Finch*
10. Turkey Vulture
Elsewhere
11. Song Sparrow
12. Eurasian Collared Dove
13. European Starling
14. Rock Pigeon
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mule deer, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, turkey vulture, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
