It felt like a walk in fall, my hike with dog this morning. Warm enough—60-ish (F)—for a t-shirt, cloudless sky, not too many birds to distract us. Oh, a dozen species wasn’t so bad, and still many yellow-rumps moving through, but otherwise, pretty uneventful. And few photo ops.
Still, I loved this day. (As I will tomorrow.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:18 a.m. (8:18 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Northern Flicker
2. House Finch**
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. American Robin
6. Pine Siskin
7. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
8. Lesser Goldfinch
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Spotted Towhee
11. Black-billed Magpie** (v)
12. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, rock pigeon, rock squirrel, ruby-crowned kinglet, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow-rumped warbler
