This morning’s list started off slow, as dog and I ascended a packed down snow trail under an overcast sky, but it kind of took off at the end of things. Better still, I got a peek at a pair of mule deer ascending an opposite mountainside far above us.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 10:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. House Finch**
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
4. Northern Flicker** (v)
5. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Song Sparrow**
Elsewhere
10. Rock Pigeon
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
