The last in this stretch of daily hikes began chilly, but the nearly purely clear sky soon enough let the sun warm things up for dog and me. As Captain Jack enjoyed the trailside smells (as always), birds obliged and entertained me—especially great throngs of juncos and a furtive Steller’s Jay. (I gave chase but got only a sketchy, glimpsy photo.
The photo of the day, however, was the first I took: a very vocal male flicker calling from a tree above the front yard.
We’re headed to Los Angeles tomorrow. No bird hikes until Wednesday.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:25 a.m. (9:25 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Dark-eyed Junco**
2. House Finch*
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
4. Spotted Towhee (v)
5. Pine Siskin
6. Rock Pigeon*
7. Black-billed Magpie*
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Steller’s Jay
10. Cooper’s Hawk
Elsewhere
11. House Sparrow
12. Song Sparrow (v)
13. Northern Flicker
14. European Starling
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also Elsewhere
**Voice only Elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, cooper's hawk, dark-eyed junco, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, mule deer, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Steller’s jay, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
