Another warmish, brightish, muddyish morning on the deer trails for dog and me. The usual bird species for the time of year (among them fourteen robins), and a little family of mule deer. Towhees are singing like crazy. Won’t be long before the chorus grows.
An equinox this weekend, then will come more interesting things.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8 a.m. (9 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Spotted Towhee
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
3. American Robin*
4. Northern Flicker**
5. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
6. Black-capped Chickadee**d
7. Rock Pigeon*
8. Black-billed Magpie*
9. House Finch**f
10. Eurasian Collared-dove**
11. Song Sparrow (v)
Elsewhere
12. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mule deer, northern flicker, red squirrel, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhous’s scrub-jay
