This afternoon working in the front room, I saw a deer go by the window. Only the second mule deer I’ve seen in the neighborhood—and he stood there a minute, looking around, before bounding between some decorative conifers, headed uphill.

This morning, a quiet hike, with only four bird species on the mountainside. (Only five total today.) Plenty of deer, of course. Warm, it was: 40° (F) or thereabouts early. Supposed to snow overnight, and it’s blowing like crazy out there—but the temperature’s up in the 50s.

Guess we’ll see.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:15 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.

1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. House Finch**
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay

Elsewhere

5. Lesser Goldfinch (v)

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