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Kinglets

Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

Twenties (F) again this morning when Captain Jack and I hit the trails. Again, we were alone up there except for the birds and deer. The weather radar showed a snow shower, but the only precipitation I saw was out west a ways, and that didn’t reach us until our return trip.

Mostly juncos and siskins again—although this time the juncos outnumbered the siskins. Funnest birds were the little pair of Ruby-crowned Kinglets we encountered on our way up, poking their way about in the budding maples.

Supposed to warm up to the point of rain in the next day or two, and then turn more seasonable. Not many days until Jack and I head back to Maine. Changes.

Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:54 a.m., sun time, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
2. Pine Siskin**
3. Spotted Towhee
4. Rock Pigeon*
5. Song Sparrow* (v)
6. Black-billed Magpie (v)
7. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
8. House Finch**
9. American Robin* (v)
10. Dark-eyed Junco
11. Ruby-crowned kinglet

Elsewhere

12. House Sparrow (v)
13. Mourning Dove (v)
14. Eurasian Collared-dove (v)
15. Lesser Goldfinch
16. European Starling
17. American Crow (v)
18. Red-tailed Hawk

Mammals

Mule Deer

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

April Snow

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Dark-eyed Junco, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 12 April 2022.
Dark-eyed Junco.

It snowed overnight, about four inches. Temperature in the upper-20s (F) when dog and I hit the trail. A bit of a breeze, the possibility of more snow (although none came until after our return). Didn’t expect many birds. But there were many. Especially siskins.

However, the best posing species were juncos. Two little batches, totaling about a dozen (as opposed to twice as many siskins—mostly in flight and only heard). Deer about, too.

The cold weather’s supposed to continue for a bit, then it’ll warm up for the weekend.

Grandeur Peak Area List
At 8:23 a.m., sun time, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. House Finch**
2. Pine Siskin
3. Rock Pigeon*
4. Black-billed Magpie* (v)
5. American Robin* (v)
6. Mourning Dove
7. Black-capped Chickadee
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. Song Sparrow* (v)
10. Northern Flicker (v)

Elsewhere

11. House Sparrow (v)
12. Lesser Goldfinch
13. European Starling
14. Eurasian Collared-dove

Mammals

Mule Deer

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

Wave of Kinglets

Sunday, April 10th, 2022
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 10 April 2022.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Only a degree or two above freezing this morning when dog and I headed up the trail. Breezy, too—windy almost. But mostly sunny (with a few big billowy clouds), and it’s always calmer under the ridge.

Quite a few bird species heard or seen, including a little wave of Ruby-crowned Kinglets. First I heard one while we were climbing the little shady gully (a.k.a., Coyote Canyon). Its voice was coming from up the south side where a bunch of deer were hanging out. Then, on the deer trail up closer to the deer, I heard (then saw) a pair if kinglets poking about in a juniper. Those two flew away, but two more showed up in another tree.

Finally, on our return, I heard (then saw) a sixth one flitting about in the scrub oak. More evidence of spring migration.

Grandeur Peak Area List
At 7:52 a.m., sun time, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. American Robin*
2. House Finch*
3. Rock Pigeon*
4. Spotted Towhee
5. Pine Siskin
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
7. Northern Flicker** (v)
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. Chukar (v)
10. Black-capped Chickadee
11. Black-billed Magpie
12. California Quail** (v)
13. Song Sparrow* (v)
14. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (v)

Elsewhere

15. House Sparrow (v)
16. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
17. Eurasian Collared-dove
18. European Starling
19. Red-tailed Hawk
20. Turkey Vulture

Mammals

Mule Deer

(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere

 
Bird Report is a (sometimes intermittent) record of the birds I encounter while hiking, see while driving, or spy outside my window. —Brian Willson



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