Nippier this morning. Temps down to about 20° (F), but nearly cloudless, so warm enough. Only a tiny bit of breeze.
And quiet. Few birds about—no calls of magpies, nor flickers, nor siskins. If not for the solitaires (saw two and heard a third) and a little flock of goldfinches, the most interesting critters would’ve been a little herd of deer.
Chickadees and finches were singing, though. Evidence of the certainty of spring.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 09:20 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. House Finch**
2. Townsend’s Solitaire
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
6. Lesser Goldfinch
Elsewhere
7. Song Sparrow (v)
8. House Sparrow (v)
9. European Starling
10. Mourning Dove
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-capped chickadee, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, mule deer, red squirrel, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
