Snow on the mountaintops this morning. Overnight rain here below. Chilly morning hike with Jack—began cloudy but the sun came out soon enough.
The most exciting moment was near the end of our hike when I heard the territorial call of Townsend’s Solitaire for the first time—a plain musical note on the same pitch uttered every two seconds—an spied the bird in the tip of a juniper.
Really cool.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. House Finch**
2. Song Sparrow** (v)
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. Northern Flicker** (v)
5. Black-capped Chickadee**
6. Dark-eyed Junco
7. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
8. Lesser Goldfinch* (v)
9. Townsend’s Solitaire
Elsewhere
10. Eurasian Collared Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, lesser golfinch, northern flicker, song sparrow, Townsend’s solitaire, Woohouse’s Scrub-jay
