The male Calliope Hummingbirds have flown off, for the rest of this year. And a search on Mount Ashland turned up plenty of hummers in the still-blooming meadows…but, alas, all seemed to be Anna’s where I was. And no sign of the White-headed Woodpeckers between the ski lodge and Grouse Gap.
This golden-mantled ground squirrel decided I wasn’t trustworthy and ducked into his tunnels beneath the boulders.
Bolder was this Yellow-rumped Warbler who walked along the fence right in front of me.
Pine Siskin
watches where he’s going.
Mountain Bluebird and Chipping Sparrow finding the action more interesting in the other direction. Young bluebirds, “chippers” and Juncos along with families of Nashville Warblers were active at mid-day in mild 75-degree temps, 30 degrees cooler than on the valley floor, 4000 feet lower.
The only birds making noise were the Flickers.
larkspur near Grouse Gap
pine white on a flowering wild mint
close up of the mint, one of the many profligate bloomers on the mountainside this time of summer
Location: Mt. Ashland
Observation date: 7/28/09
Number of species: 17
Turkey Vulture 1
Anna’s Hummingbird 6
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Steller’s Jay 1
Common Raven 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Mountain Bluebird 4
American Robin 1
Nashville Warbler 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) 3
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 12
Lazuli Bunting 2
Pine Siskin 5
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