
Colder than on recent morns—about 20° (F)—and overcast, but calm. Several species around the trailhead, but only chickadees up on the deer trails. Well, and some deer.
Also couple of cottontails in the old Monarch Quarry.
A fun winter hike for dog and me.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 9:24 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Pine Siskin
2. Lesser Goldfinch
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Red-tailed Hawk
5. Song Sparrow (v)
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
7. Rock Pigeon
8. Dark-eyed Junco
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only