Another lovely morning hike with dog. However—as I’ve been noting—it’s really way too dry. Or should I say, much dryer than is usual for these parts at this time of year. In short, we’ve got ourselves a megadrought.
Felt like spring again, and the birds appear to be enjoying it, such as there are—and there were quite a few species today. But I’m missing a few, too, e.g., when’s the last time I saw a Mountain Chickadee? Seems last winter they were coming down to visit neighborhood feeders.
Most snow has melted, and the trail is muddy, and the temperature reached 50° (F) again. Crazy.
Still, Mother Nature has her reasons, I do believe,
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 09:05 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Song Sparrow** (v)
2. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
3. Rock Pigeon*
4. House Finch*
5. Dark-eyed Junco
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Black-billed Magpie*
8. Pine Siskin (v)
9. Northern Flicker (v)
10. Lesser Goldfinch**
11. American robin* (v)
12. Steller’s Jay
Elsewhere
13. House Sparrow (v)
14. European Starling
15. Eurasian Collared-dove
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, mountain cottontail, mule deer, northern flicker, pine siskin, red squirrel, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Steller’s jay, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
