Quietest morning up the mountain trails in a good while. Few bird species, and few birds generally. No Downy Woodpecker. Had I not spied some pigeons in the neighborhood, my count would’ve been half yesterday’s.
But the neighborhood was a-hoppin’. Big flock of California Quails converged on the side yard, where old apples have been falling from the big tree. A few fluttered up into the tree, in fact. (As did a finch who was partial to apples.) Collared-doves singing sweetly and calling raucously. Starlings.
The joint was jumpin’ today.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:36 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Juniper Titmouse (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
4. Spotted Towhee**
5. Northern Flicker (v)
6. House Finch* (v)
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Black-billed Magpie* (v)
9. Rock Pigeon
Elsewhere
10. California Quail
11. Eurasian Collared-dove
12. European Starling
Mammals
Red Squirrel (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, juniper titmouse, northern flicker, red squirrel, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
