This nippy, sub-freezing, cloudless morning began with a lot of quiet. No birds to start, very few birds after a good half-hour (none seen)—and then the sun warmed the landscape, and we got a little action.
Quite a little, in fact: finches, corvids (the Steller’s Jay again), finches, a distant eagle. A few even posed for pics.
My favorite photo, though, was of the first bird I saw: a flicker, in flight, headed up the foothills alongside dog and me.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 09:24 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
2. Rock Pigeon*
3. Northern Flicker
4. Black-billed Magpie
5. House Finch**
6. Dark-eyed Junco
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Lesser Goldfinch
9. Golden Eagle
10. Steller’s Jay (v)
11. American Robin (v)
Elsewhere
12. Red-tailed Hawk
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, golden eagle, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mule deer, northern flicker, red squirrel, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, Steller’s jay, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
