In spring and fall, Dark-eyed Juncos abound in my neighborhood—which includes a few miles of mountain trails just up the street from me. The flocks that were moving around under flurrying skies during my hike this morning with dog lived up to their nickname: “snow bird.” For some moments I watched standing on the snowy ground, reaching its pink beak high, and stripping seeds of a weed stem.
abound in my neighborhood—which includes a few miles of mountain trails just up the street from me. The flocks that were moving around under flurrying skies during my hike this morning with dog lived up to their nickname: “snow bird.” For some moments I watched standing on the snowy ground, reaching its pink beak high, and stripping seeds of a weed stem.
A bunch of other birds made my list this morning also, but juncos were the only only ones who posed.
(Note: neither of my recent regular dates—male Downy Woodpecker in the burnt patch, and Townsend’s Solitaire in Coyote Canyon—showed up today.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:46 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie** (v)
2. House Finch* (v)
3. Northern Flicker (v)
4. Black-capped Chickadee**
5. Pine Siskin (v)
6. Juniper Titmouse (v)
7. Spotted Towhee
8. Dark-eyed Junco*
9. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
10. Rock Pigeon
11. Mountain Chickadee (v)
12. Song Sparrow (v)
13. Lesser Goldfinch
14. Downy Woodpecker (v)
Elsewhere
15. House Sparrow (v)
16. Eurasian Collared Dove
17. American Robin
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, house sparrow, juniper itmouse, lesser goldfinch, mountain chickadee, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
