Was supposed to rain all morning, and I’d about decided to postpone our hike until afternoon, but after a couple hours, it just looked a little misty out there, so up the switchback we went, dog and I.
Didn’t expect any great photos, what with the poor visibility (and late hour), but a lovely female Cooper’s Hawk popped up from the bottom of the old Monarch Quarry (where I assume she’d been having breakfast, but I couldn’t spot her prey).
Not many species, nor big numbers—but a fine hike in the mud and fog.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 9:02 a.m. (10:02 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch**
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. California Quail (v)
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Yellow-rumped Warbler
6. Rock Pigeon*
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Cooper’s Hawk
9. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
10. Northern Flicker (v)
11. Red-tailed Hawk
Elsewhere
12. Song Sparrow
13. Black-billed Magpie
14. European Starling
15. Eurasian Collared-dove
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, northern flicker, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow-rumped warbler
