Another lovely morning much like yesterday’s. Dog and I got to the trailhead about the same time—chilly again, fair again, warmed by the sun topping the ridge.
The usual suspects today (among them a big flock of robins), but an unusual occurrence: we got mobbed. Not too terribly mobbed, but I didn’t see a hawk or owl or coyote or any other threat, and the chickadees and juncos were clearly very, very angry.
Only bothered them for a photo or two, though, and then we continued on our way.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:29 a.m. (9:29 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
3. House Finch**
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. American Robin
6. Pine Siskin (v)
7. Northern Flicker (v)
8. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Dark-eyed Junco
10. Mourning Dove
Elsewhere
11. Spotted Towhee (v)
Mammals
Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, house finch, mourning dove, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
