Few birds up the mountainside this windy, mostly overcast morning. Windiest day I can recall since my move to Utah. (I kind of loved it.) The highlight was a scrub-jay that popped up right in front of us, dog and me.
Supposed to have showers tomorrow—first precipitation in a fortnight or more.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
Elsewhere
4. House Finch
5. Eurasian Collared Dove
6. California Quail
7. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
8. Rock Pigeon
9. European Starling
10. House Sparrow (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, Europan starling, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, rock pigeon, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
