Snowed a few inches overnight. Snowing lightly as the sky lightened this morning, revealing a world of rich, slate blue.
Jack and I slogged through the snow, spied some deer, encountered several bird species. Nothing outlandish, just the usual familiar winter birds.
A little more wet snow expected over the next two or three days, but the forecast shows sunny weather for a week thereafter.
As the sky tonight dimmed toward gloaming, I spotted a couple robins in a tree across the street.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:15 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Song Sparrow (v)
2. House Finch*
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
7. Dark-eyed Junco
Elsewhere
8. House Sparrow (v)
9. Rock Pigeon
10. European Starling
11. American Robin
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
