Another nippy hike, much like yesterday’s, but fewer clouds—nearly clear. Breezy at the trailhead, but the breeze calmed soon enough. Ran into the Downy Woodpecker again, and had a few chickadees, but not many individual birds this day. (E.g., only three juncos.)
Had sun toward the end of it, warming things. Then I heard the voice of a Juniper Titmouse. And somehow even managed to track it down.
Kind of a perfect Christmas Eve overall.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:50 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie (v)**
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Pine Siskin (v)
6. Spotted Towhee (v)
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
9. House Finch (v)
10. Juniper Titmouse
Elsewhere
11. American Robin
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, house finch, juniper titmouse, mule deer, pinei siskin, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
