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Deck Birds

Sunday, December 20th, 2020
Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay on the deck rail, East Millcreek, Salt Lake City, Utah, 20 December 2020.
Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay on the deck rail.

Had a nice hike with Jack this morning, as always. Aside from two ravens in fast flight, the usual bird species. (Lots of juncos.) Beautiful scenery—snow-powdered peaks under mostly cloudy skies. But the most bird action happened right around the house. Specifically on and below my deck.

The deck faces west, with a nice view of the basin (city lights at night) and, beyond, the Oquirrh Mountains. On the deck rail today—three noisy scrub-jays and a junco. Below, a towhee, finches, more juncos. On the utility lines between me and I-215, starlings, pigeons, and a Mourning Dove.

The last full day of fall was a good one, and daylight gets longer starting tomorrow.

Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:49 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.

1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. House Finch**
3. Common Raven
4. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
5. Spotted Towhee* (v)
6. Pine Siskin (v)
7. Rock Pigeon*
8. Black-capped Chickadee
9. Dark-eyed Junco*
10. Lesser Goldfinch (v)

Elsewhere

11. American Robin (v)
12. Mourning Dove
13. Northern Flicker
14. European Starling

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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