A tad cloudier, and a bunch smoggier, and with a little less remnant icy snow—but otherwise another in a similar run of hikes with dog this morning. Then again, more birds than lately.
Most notable were: a solitary robin atop a tree below us down in the neighborhood; a solitary eagle flying around above us near the ridge. (The inversion cloud reached way up there where the eagle was.
Still some deer. No cottontails. Finches and chickadees were singing, though. They know the photoperiod’s lengthening, and next comes spring.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 09:18 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie (v)
2. House Finch**
3. American Robin
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
6. Northern Flicker (v)
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Golden Eagle
Elsewhere
10. Song Sparrow (v)
11. House Sparrow (v)
Mammals
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, house sparrow, mule deer, northern flicker, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
