Had an appointment, so didn’t get up the mountain until nearly midday. Mostly overcast, chilly, but not too cold.
More juncos than yesterday up there, flitting and tittering all over the place. On our way back from the far point, the juncos had gone quiet—and I saw why. A Sharp-shinned Hawk perched exactly where I’d seen the most juncos. Dog and I stood a while watching the hawk look around, then it flew.
Within fifteen seconds, a solitary junco popped up from a hiding place just about directly below the hawk’s perch.
They ain’t no dummies.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 11:45 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Song Sparrow** (v)
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Northern Flicker**
4. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
5. Dark-eyed Junco
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay*
7. House Finch*
8. Sharp-shinned Hawk
Elsewhere
11. Eurasian Collared Dove
12. European Starling
13. Rock Pigeon
14. Dabbling duck (sp)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dabbling duck (sp), dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared ove, European starling, house finch, northern flicker, rock pigeon, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, Woohouse’s scrub jay
