Took quite a few photos today but, oddly, the best were of mammals. After going over the bird pics, I decided to post a shot I took of a Dark-eyed Junco hanging out in a tree beyond my deck.
But my hike with dog—while briefer than yesterday’s—was a fun one. Deer and a cottontail and a nuthatch and a titmouse and a nippy breeze in the canyon and a warm sun under cloudless skies up the juniper barren. Then a quick grocery shopping trip, followed by glimpses of starlings bathing in a snowmelt puddle and pigeons sunning themselves on a utility line.
And that’s about the story of the first day of March. Tomorrow’s supposed to get to 50°.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:42 a.m. (MST), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee*
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
3. House Finch*
4. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. Spotted Towhee** (v)
6. Rock Pigeon*
7. Black-billed Magpie**
8. Northern Flicker (v)
9. Dark-eyed Junco*
10. Juniper Titmouse
11. Downy Woodpecker
Elsewhere
12. American Robin (v)
13. Song Sparrow
14. European Starling
15. Eurasian Collared-dove
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billd magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, juniper titmouse, mountain cottontail, mule deer, northern flicker, red-breastd nuthatch, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
