Had some work stuff to do, so dog and I didn’t hit the trails until midday. Snow squalls mixed with sun, temps right around freezing. Very quiet, bird-wise, with only four species on my mountain list (although I did spy nine mule deer browsing up their usual slope)—but one in particular was fun.
Talkin’ ’bout the Canyon Wren I heard down in the gultch. It was calling from little nooks in a wall of rock up maybe fifty feet off the trail. Decided to head that way, see if I could spot it (Jack following quietly). By golly, I did.
(Poor little dude was puffed up against the chill.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 11:45 a.m., I hiked a few hundred feet up the mountain.
1. House Finch** (v)
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Golden Eagle
4. Canyon Wren
1. House Finch** (v)
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Golden Eagle
4. Canyon Wren
Elsewhere
5. Lesser Goldfinch
6. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
v = Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, canyon wren, golden eagle, house finch, lesser goldfinch
