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Posts Tagged ‘Cassin’s finch’

Cool Overcast

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Spotted Towhee, East Millcreek, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, 09 March 2021.
Spotted Towhee.

Compared to yesterday, today was cool. Literally.

Townsend’s Solitaire (stretching), East Millcreek, Salt Lake CIty, Utah, 09 March 2021.
Townsend’s Solitaire (stretching).

Overcast, chilly, with a little breeze—and with a nice little assortment of winged species. Two finches, two corvids, two sparrows, two thrushes, and more. (Pretty sure I also heard the song of a Cassin’s Finch, but I need a few more listens to be positive.)

Up little Coyote Canyon, I heard again the slight, lovely sustained song of a Townsend’s Solitaire. Spied the bird and, while taking photos, it stretched, showing the usually hidden colors of its wing.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:33 a.m. (MST), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. American Robin*
2. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
3. Dark-eyed Junco
4. Red-breasted Nuthatch (v)
5. Spotted Towhee*
6. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
7. Black-capped Chickadee**
8. House Finch**
9. Rock Pigeon*
10. Black-billed Magpie**
11. Northern Flicker (v)
12. Townsend’s Solitaire

Elsewhere

13. House Sparrow (v)
14. European Starling
15. Song Sparrow (v)

Mammals

Mule Deer

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

Good Hike

Saturday, March 6th, 2021
Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 06 March 2021.
Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay.

Warm—50s (F)—and most overcast when dog and I started up the switchback. Big thaw since yesterday (and surely more today). Nowhere near as many birds as the last couple days, but I did manage a dozen species.

That was before I decided on something of a lark to head on up the gully to the summit of the Ridge overlooking Millcreek Canyon. About the time we got up in the airy heights, a warm (for winter) wind began to blow. Which might explain the lower bird numbers. Nice views up there.

It was a long hike—and a good one.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:32 a.m. (MST), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
2. Cassin’s Finch
3. Dark-eyed Junco
4. Spotted Towhee
5. Black-capped Chickadee
6. Black-billed Magpie*
7. Northern Flicker**
8. Downy Woodpecker (v)
9. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
10. American Robin**
11. House Finch* (v)
12. Townsend’s Solitaire

Elsewhere

13. Rock Pigeon
14. House Sparrow (v)
15. Eurasian Collared-dove

Mammals

Mountain Cottontail
Mule Deer

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

Legions

Friday, March 5th, 2021
Cassin’s Finch (first-year male), East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 05 March 2021.
Cassin’s Finch (first-year male).

Warm again, though not quite so warm as yesterday. Clear and bright and many birds—even more than yesterday. Legions of robins and juncos again, joined by finches and chickadees and a Chukar and a titmouse and (as usual lately) a cottontail and a few deer.

Yellow-rumped Warbler, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 05 March 2021.
Yellow-rumped Warbler.

No elk this year, it seems.

However, just dog and me on the high deer trails, chasing (but not finding) Mountain Chickadees and a titmouse. A thaw in progress—too soon, no doubt, but the scent of spring is on everything.

At home, later, I sure enough spied a Yellow-rumped Warbler on the deck. Even got a blurry photo through the window.

And tomorrow will bring another birdy morning.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:32 a.m. (MST), I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Dark-eyed Junco*
2. American Robin*
3. Spotted Towhee
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
5. Northern Flicker**
6. Black-capped Chickadee*
7. House Finch*
8. Cassin’s Finch
9. Rock Pigeon*
10. Mountain Chickadee
11. Black-billed Magpie* (v)
12. Chukar (v)
13. Townsend’s Solitaire
14. Juniper Titmouse
15. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)

Elsewhere

16. Song Sparrow (v)
17. House Sparrow
18. European Starling
19. Yellow-rumped Warbler
20. Eurasian Collared-dove
21. California Quail (v)

Mammals

Mountain Cottontail
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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