A bit warmer this morning, mostly cloudless again, but with a breeze. Dog and I had a lovely hike—mostly in the mountain shade. Saw and/or heard a bunch of birds, but had very few photo ops.
Getting pretty familiar with the little male Downy Woodpecker whom we meet in the burnt patch nearly every morning. Yesterday, he seemed a little pissed that w hung around so longed and finally tired of our company, but today it seemed preoccupied with the job of excavating charred scrub oak trunks.
Later, I a glimpse of a Juniper Titmouse (another familiar bid).
Hard to believe tomorrow will be December already.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:21 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-billed Magpie*
2. Black-capped Chickadee
3. House Finch** (v)
4. Spotted Towhee
5. Pine Siskin (v)
6. American Goldfinch (v)
7. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
8. Downy Woodpecker
9. Juniper Titmouse
10. Dark-eyed Junco
11. Northern Flicker (v)
Elsewhere
12. Rock Pigeon
13. California Gull
14. European Starling
15. House Sparrow (v)
16. Song Sparrow (v)
Mammals
Red Squirrel (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American goldfinch, black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California gull, dark-eyed junco, downy woodpecker, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, juniper titmouse, northern flicker, rock pigeon, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
