Over the past few days I’ve heard and/or seen a couple of young members of the resident Cooper’s Hawk family hanging out in the area of this year’s nest (albeit no evidence of their parents or siblings). They’ve been kind of fun to follow.
This lovely cool, clear morning, however, I didn’t see and/or hear ’em during my first circuit with Jack. Fortunately for us, we ran into a hiker friend on our return trip who had just seen them low in shady Coyote Canyon, so we walked back down there—and, voila! The bird even posed for pics.
(Didn’t see them both but got very close to one of the pair.)
Otherwise, just a really fine hike—marked, especially, but a very large number of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers feeding their (quite vocal) offspring.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Mourning Dove
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. Black-chinned Hummingbird
4. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
5. House Finch**
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Lazuli Bunting
8. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
9. Western Tanager
10. Chipping Sparrow
11. Virginia’s Warbler
12. Broad-tailed Hummingbird
13. Cooper’s Hawk
14. Lesser Goldfinch*
Elsewhere
15. House Sparrow (v)
16. Black-billed Magpie
17. California Quail
18. Eurasian Collared Dove
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, blue-gray gnatcatcher, broad-tailed hummingbird, California quail, chipping sparrow, cooper's hawk, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, lazuli bunting, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, spotted towhee, Virginia’s warbler, western tanager, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
