Dog and I had another lovely hike this morning—a rather sunny one, for a change, with a nice assortment of birds. Alas, none would pose long enough for a decent photo.
But on a beautiful fall morning like this one, neither of us much minded.
P.S. Did see the first cottontail in a while, though.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:30 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch**
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
4. Northern Flicker
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. European Starling
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. American Robin (v)
10. Townsend’s Solitaire (v)
Elsewhere
11. Lesser Goldfinch
12. Spotted Towhee
13. Red-tailed Hawk
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Mountain Cottontail
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, European starling, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mountain cottontail, northern flicker, red squirrel, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
