Snow showers as dog and I ascended this morning. Overcast skies and a bit of wind. I did not expect to see more than a bird or two. Stunned to find six on my trail list—including a Northern Harrier circling above us (first harrier I’ve seen in Utah).
Not much in town, either—other than a bunch of pigeons. Birds and humans lay a littler lower when it snows. Well, in the case of humans, excepting the day before Thanksgiving.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
2. Northern Harrier
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Northern Flicker
5. Black-billed Magpie*
6. Dark-eyed Junco
Elsewhere
7. Rock Pigeon
8. Eurasian Collared Dove
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, northern flicker, northern harrier, rock pigeon, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
