Warm again, though not quite so warm as yesterday. Clear and bright and many birds—even more than yesterday. Legions of robins and juncos again, joined by finches and chickadees and a Chukar and a titmouse and (as usual lately) a cottontail and a few deer.
No elk this year, it seems.
However, just dog and me on the high deer trails, chasing (but not finding) Mountain Chickadees and a titmouse. A thaw in progress—too soon, no doubt, but the scent of spring is on everything.
At home, later, I sure enough spied a Yellow-rumped Warbler on the deck. Even got a blurry photo through the window.
And tomorrow will bring another birdy morning.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:32 a.m. (MST), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Dark-eyed Junco*
2. American Robin*
3. Spotted Towhee
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
5. Northern Flicker**
6. Black-capped Chickadee*
7. House Finch*
8. Cassin’s Finch
9. Rock Pigeon*
10. Mountain Chickadee
11. Black-billed Magpie* (v)
12. Chukar (v)
13. Townsend’s Solitaire
14. Juniper Titmouse
15. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
Elsewhere
16. Song Sparrow (v)
17. House Sparrow
18. European Starling
19. Yellow-rumped Warbler
20. Eurasian Collared-dove
21. California Quail (v)
Mammals
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, Cassin’s finch, chukar, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, juniper titmouse, lesser goldfinch, mountain chickadee, mountain cottontail, mule deer, northern flicker, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay, yellow-rumped warlber
