Snowed a little overnight for the first time this season. Dog an I waited until late morning to hike the mountain…
…and found juncos everywhere. Dark-eyed Juncos, but in many different sets of plumage in many color combinations. Dark ones, pale ones, two-tone, you name it. There were scores of ’em up there.
Snow should be melted soon (except in the upper altitudes, of course).
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 11:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Northern Flicker (v)
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
5. House Finch
6. Dark-eyed Junco
7. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Elsewhere
11. Eurasian Collared Dove
12. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickaee, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, ruby-crowned kinglet, Woohouse’s Scrub-jay
