Light snow (and other mixed wintry precipitation) made this morning’s hike with Jack nice and interesting. We were the first up the switchback but saw tracks of other humans and deer and a squirrel and a dog on the rim trail. Also saw a little group of deer again (perhaps the same gang as yesterday).
Few birds—magpie and goldfinch, essentially.
But an exciting addition to my list was the fascinating repeated whistle call of a Townsend’s Solitaire down in the neighborhood this late afternoon.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:30 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Northern Flicker (v)
3. Black-capped Chickadee
4. Dark-eyed Junco (v)
5. House Finch** (v)
6. Downy Woodpecker (v)
7. Lesser Goldfinch
Elsewhere
9. Rock Pigeon
10. Townsend’s Solitaire (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, rock pigeon, Townsend’s solitaire
