Cobirds:
Of course the the three P's are: Ptarmigan, Pika, and
Pipit. Here's what I saw and heard along the Mt Audubon Trail today:
Ptarmigan: at least four. two seen, several others heard
American Pipit: 16 - one nest found with six eggs. The nest was
right on the trail, with people stepping right over it.
Brown capped rosy finch: four - adults, foraging along the trail.
Pine grosbeak - one calling at the trailhead.
Pine siskin - 30
Red crossbill - flock of 6
Clarks nutcracker - 12
Gray jay - 1 heard
Hermit thrush - 12 singing
Ruby crowned kinglet - 9
American robin - 14 - one seen and heard above 11,500 feet
Broad tailed hummingbird - 6 - one seen at 12,000 feet
White crowned sparrow - 15
Lincoln's sparrow - 8 - two seen and heard singing above 12,000 feet
Mt chickadee - 2
Pika - 35 - in abundance
Marmot - 2
Chipmunk ssp: 3
Peak bloom is occurring in the tundra. Flowering ssp. included:
Alpine Sunflower (compass sunflower), Alpine Forget-me-not, Mountain
dryad, Moss Campion, Alpine Clover, Skypiolet, Alpine Buttercup,
Alpine Avens, Owls Clover, King Crown, Elephants Head, Shooting Star,
Marsh Marigold, Alpine Spring Beauty, Alpine Primrose, Alpine
Bluebells, Blue Columbine, Silky Phacelia, Whipples Penstemon,
Sandwort ssp., Alpine Chickweed, Phlox ssp., American Bistort,
Snowball Saxifrage - Just to name a few...
Course the words don't do the visual scenery justice. Anyhow - happy
birding. - John T (Tumasonis)
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