My yard isn’t large, but it’s got a few birds. Since I moved here, a Song Sparrow’s been living in the viny western fence vegetation. And for the past few months, a pair of Spotted Towhees have been holed up in some thick foliage nearby.
Lately, I’ve spied the towhees been dining on fallen apples nearly every day. Today, for the first time I spotted both the male and female doing this. It’s kinda nice to have such unassuming neighbors.
Also nice to have a batch of trailside birds to visit every day. Not many during this morning’s hike with Jack. Every day’s different, though.
(As they should be.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:57 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. House Finch*
4. American Robin (v)
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Black-billed Magpie** (v)
7. Spotted Towhee*
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. European Starling*
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, European starling, house finch, mountain cottontail, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
