A bit nippier than yesterday, nearly calm, mostly cloudless. No exciting sightings (like yesterday’s owl), but a few fun ones—including a surprise Juniper Titmouse, nice close looks at chickadees. Despite frost whitening the trailside rocks and fallen leaves, plenty of towhees, chickadees, and jays.
Also some nice Saturday conversation with a few trail friends—about the only human interaction I get these days (or, frankly, require).
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:21 a.m. (MST), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. House Finch**
4. Sharp-shinned Hawk
5. Black-billed Magpie*
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Northern Flicker (v)
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. Downy Woodpecker
10. Juniper Titmouse (v)
11. Lesser Goldfinch
Mammals
Red Squirrel (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, house finch, juniper titmouse, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, red squirrel, sharp-shinned hawk, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
