Monumental – the scenery that is, the birding not so much. We started the day in the Colorado National Monument park – a bit of a hidden gem, with more than a nod to the Grand Canyon. The birding was OK, with some additions to the trip list like Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay, Peregrine and Black-throated Sparrow. After a walk on the Devil’s Kitchen trail we took a side trip up onto the ‘highlands’ around Pinyon Mesa, adding Western Bluebird and Cooper’s Hawk. Lunch was taken at lower altitude along the Colorado River, at the Connected Lakes section of the previously visited Colorado River State Park and the adjacent Audubon site. A brief pit-stop back at the hotel and we finished the day at Horse Thief Canyon SWA – barely a rustler in sight and even fewer birds! So a day more memorable for the scenery than the birds though we have now passed the 100 mark for the trip. Can’t believe we’ve already been here a week!