17 February 2025

Sky Show

Monday, March 29th, 2021
Golden Eagle, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 29 March 2021.
Golden Eagle.
Red-tailed Hawk, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 29 March 2021.
Red-tailed Hawk.

This morning dawned warm and breezy and mostly overcast. Few birds coming up the switchback, and things were quiet up the deer trails—at first.

Then a Red-tailed Hawk appeared, soaring. Not long after, a pair of Golden Eagle’s topped the ridge and hung in the air relatively motionless for a while, facing the wind. Soon enough, then, a pair of ravens showed up in the sky, circling each other as they moved away.

There were also a bunch of Mule Deer. It was a good day.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 7:42 a.m. (8:42 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Spotted Towhee**
2. American Robin*
3. Black-capped Chickadee**
4. House Finch
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Red-tailed Hawk
7. Northern Flicker (v)
8. Golden Eagle
9. Common Raven
10. Song Sparrow** (v)

Elsewhere

11. Canada Goose
12. Eurasian Collared-dove
13. House Sparrow (v)
14. European Starling
15. Black-billed Magpie (v)
16. American Crow
17. Mourning Dove

Mammals

Mule Deer
Red Squirrel

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

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