17 February 2025

Juncos Galore

Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Dark-eyed Junco, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 27 October 2020.
Dark-eyed Junco.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 27 October 2020.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Sub-freezing again this morning, but calm and (mostly) cloudless. Wore new winter hiking boots, ditched my winter coat. (Good boots, no need of coat.) Had nice luck with birds again.

The usual species, for the most part. Most abundant? Dark-eyed Juncos. They were everywhere, chipping that sharp chip of theirs, uttering subtle trills, flashing those white-edged tailfeathers. Couple kinglets, bunch of chickadees, bunch of towhees—and another pair of Juniper Titmice.

Good hike with dog.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:31 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Juniper Titmouse
2. House Finch**
3. Lesser Goldfinch
4. Spotted Towhee**
5. Black-billed Magpie
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
9. Black-capped Chickadee
10. Northern Flicker* (v)
11. American Robin**

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

Mammals

Red Squirrel (v)

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