A tiny bit colder this morning than last. Also calmer and pretty much cloudless—unless you count the haze of particulates hovering over the valley. A decent selection of bird species, but only one posed for photos: a scrub-jay showing off a peanut.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 09:20 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch** (v)
2. Black-billed Magpie (v)
3. Rock Pigeon*
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
5. Lesser Goldfinch
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Pine Siskin (v)
9. Northern Flicker (v)
Elsewhere
10. European Starling
Mammals
Mule Deer
Red Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mule deer, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, rock pigeon, Woodhouse’s scrubv-jay
