Another morning much like the last few: cloudless, nippy, quiet. The highlight today was when I happened to catch sight of a solitary robin perched along on a scrub-oak twig. Only robin I’ve seen in a good while.
No Downy Woodpecker again today (that’s two straight days), so naturally I’m a little worried. But dog and I hiked the gulch trail today for the first time in a while, heard a goldfinch, and so topped yesterday’s species number.
Good hike today. (And afterward I got a lot done.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:26 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie
2. House Finch*
3. Spotted Towhee
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
5. American Robin
6. Dark-eyed Junco**
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
Elsewhere
9. Rock Pigeon
Mammals
Red Squirrel (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, house finch, lesser goldfinch, red squirrel, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
