Had a little rain this morning, so dog and I waited a while before we took off up the misty foothills.
Our hike differed a tad from the usual, in part because of the late hour, but mostly because I was a little worried about Jack. [He’s got an intestinal issue, and we got an end-of-day vet appointment.] There were birds, but few. And fewer still would let me see them. And none at all would pose for photos.
Until the very end of our hike—the very, bitterest end—when a gang of chickadees showed up, and flitting among them, a pair of kinglets.
One of the kinglets posed.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 10:30 a.m. (11:30 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay* (v)
2. Sharp-shinned Hawk
3. House Finch**
4. Black-capped Chickadee*
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Dark-eyed Junco
7. Northern Flicker (v)
8. Pine Siskin (v)
9. Song Sparrow (v)
10. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Elsewhere
11. House Sparrow
12. Lesser Goldfinch
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
