Got a bit of a late start this morning (after a good night sleep). The sky was overcast when dog and I arrived at the trailhead—and stayed that way for most of the hike. Quiet at first, with few photo opportunities. Glimpsed a Juniper Titmouse, though, and ended up with a dozen species in all.
As we reached our last descent, things started popping: a batch of towhees, a random Mourning Dove, first scrub-jay of the hike. And a cooperative House Finch posing against the russet-colored November landscape.
Odd to say it, but we’re expecting precipitation for much of this coming week. Starting tomorrow, in fact. (Finally!)
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:45 a.m. (MST), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee**
2. Pine Siskin (v)
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. Spotted Towhee
5. House Finch*
6. Lesser Goldfinch
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Juniper Titmouse
9. Northern Flicker** (v)
10. Mourning Dove
11. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
12. Mountain Chickadee (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Mammals
Red Squirrel (v)
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, house finch, juniper titmouse, lesser goldfinch, mountain chickadee, mourning dove, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
