This morning brought cloudiness and a little light rain. Didn’t stop dog and me from making our usual rounds.
Spied a Mountain Cottontail. Amassed a list of a dozen bird species on the mountainside. Then, back home, a big flock of waxwings descended on the flowering trees in the yard.
Feels more like spring every day.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:30 a.m., I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Northern Flicker
2. Song Sparrow* (v)
3. Eastern Towhee
4. Pine Siskin
5. Black-billed Magpie*
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
7. Black-capped Chickadee*
8. American Robin*
9. House Finch* (v)
10. Dark-eyed Junco
11. Canada Goose
12. Red-tailed Hawk
Elsewhere
13. Eurasian Collared Dove
14. Downy Woodpecker (v)
15. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
16. European Starling
17. Cedar Waxwing
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, Canada goose, Cedar waxwing, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, eastern towhee, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, ine siskin, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub-jay
