Ah, warmer this morning, just as the prognosticators said it’d be. Again, with signs of spring: clear above, melting snow, drying trails, birds up in the juniper barrens—including an elusive Ruby-crowned Kinglet (second of the year). And a whole bunch of scrub-jays hollering and caching things.
Again many juncos, three finch species, the usual corvids. At home, another quail. And (again) four mammals.
Tomorrow’s supposed to be warmer—and the next day warmer still.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:10 a.m. (9:10 MDT), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
2. House Finch**
3. Black-billed Magpie** (v)
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Pine Siskin
6. American Robin**
7. Northern Flicker* (v)
8. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
9. Dark-eyed Junco
10. Spotted Towhee
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
13. Song Sparrow** (v)
Elsewhere
14. House Sparrow (v)
15. Mourning Dove
16. California Quail
Mammals
Red Squirrel
Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer
Rock Squirrel
(v) Voice only
*Also Elsewhere
**Voice only Elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, dark-eyed junco, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, mule deer, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
