A couple inches of snow had fallen between yesterday’s hike and this mornings. Wet snow—the kind that clings to all twigs and leaves and branches. We got rather covered with it, dog and I, while ascending leafy Coyote Canyon.
Speaking of coyotes, we passed one on our return from the juniper barren—where, I might note, I spied a couple hunters high on the slope above us, about a hundred yards from six or seven deer, which they had spied, and which had spied them.
The temps were 30s (F) or above, which might explain some pretty good bird activity.
(The highlight, though, was the coyote.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:47 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie** (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. House Finch** (v)
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
5. Spotted Towhee
6. Rock Pigeon
7. Dark-eyed Junco*
8. Downy Woodpecker
9. Northern Flicker
10. American Robin*
12. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
13. Pine Siskin (v)
Elsewhere
13. House Sparrow
Mammals
Mule Deer
Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, mule deer, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
