A warmer, dryer morning of a soon-to-be a somewhat hot day. Seventy degrees (F) seems alarmingly warm for the season here—and it’s gonna get into the 80s this weekend (so they say).
Cloudless skies, birds about—including a solitaire and a pair of Mourning Doves. Heard another kinglet in the same junipers as yesterday’s. (Same bird?)
Really looking forward to what tomorrow has in store.
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)
6. American Robin*
5. Townsend’s Solitaire
6. Rock Pigeon
7. Eurasian Collared-dove**
8. Northern Flicker**
9. Pine Siskin (v)
10. Spotted Towhee
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
13. Mourning Dove
Elsewhere
14. House Sparrow (v)
15. Song Sparrow
16. Lesser Goldfinch
17. California Quail
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also Elsewhere
**Voice only Elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, Eurasian collared dove, hosue sparrow, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, mule deer, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock pigeon, ruby-crowned kinglet, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay