A good hike, even a fun hike, despite it being relatively unremarkable. Not so warm as recent mornings, half overcast. The usual suspects—but with more juvies than a week or two ago. Finches, robins, even (I think) a young Cooper’s Hawk. (Going by its call, and the parent’s speedy arrival.)
Plus, back home, merged family of California Quail: two mating pairs and six young ’uns.
I love this relatively unremarkable day.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:03 a.m. (8:03 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Song Sparrow (v)
2. Mourning Dove**
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
4. House Finch*
5. Lazuli Bunting
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
9. Rock Pigeon*
10. Black-headed Grosbeak
11. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
12. Black-chinned Hummingbird
13. Cooper’s Hawk
14. American Robin**
Elsewhere
15. Eurasian Collared-dove
16. Black-billed Magpie
17. California Quail
18. House Finch
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, black-chinned hummingbird, black-headed grosbeak, blue-gray gnatcatcher, California quail, cooper's hawk, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, lazuli bunting, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, red squirrel, rock pigeon, rock squirreld, song sparrowt, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
