On this first full day of spring, I took a hike up a mountainside with my dog.
I felt tiny snowflakes on my hands and face.
I slipped in mud and fell into a ravine—a good ten or twelve feet down—but landed on my feet and didn’t hurt myself hardly at all.
I watched robins scrounging for worms on my driveway.
I saw small green things emerging.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:45 a.m., I hiked a couple hundred feet up the mountain.
1. American Robin*
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. House Finch* (v)
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Northern Flicker** (v)
6. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
7. Spotted Towhee
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay (v)
10. Pine Siskin (v)
Elsewhere
11. Eurasian Collared Dove
12. Rock Pigeon
13. European Starling
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, pine siskin, rock pigeon, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
