A snow-showery morning. Fog above and mud below up on the deer trails with dog. Aside from a few deer and a modest collection of birds, we were along up there, Jack and I. Few decent photo opportunities (other than artsy fog photos).
But back home in late-afternoon, the sun emerged, and a flicker paused and posed.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8 a.m. (9 a.m. MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Spotted Towhee
2. Dark-eyed Junco**
3. House Finch* (v)
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
5. American Robin* (v)
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Rock Pigeon*
8. Song Sparrow* (v)
9. Black-billed Magpie* (v)
10. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
Elsewhere
11. Eurasian Collared-dove
12. European Starling
13. Northern Flicker
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed unco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
