A chilly, mostly overcast morning with a couple fresh inches of snow on the ground. Only met a couple people on the trails, along with several deer and a cottontail. Not many birds, though.
A solitaire has apparently taken a liking to the Russian olive grove (two days in a row, at least), and chickadees sprinkled all over the snow-showery landscape—but not much else.
I did, however, follow what looked like some good-sized wildcat tracks, fairly fresh, running along a good length of our routine trail.
No towhees today—except for one devouring seed spill on my back deck.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:34 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch* (v)
2. Black-capped Chickadee**
3. Song Sparrow* (v)
4. Townsend’s Solitaire
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
7. Northern Flicker*
8. Black-billed Magpie**
Elsewhere
9. Song Sparrow
10. Spotted Towhee
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, house finch, mountain cottontail, mule deer, northern flicker, red squirrel, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
