Rain was forecast, but no rain fell. A little patch of sleet did fall as dog and I hiked up the switchback, and a breeze blew. The temperature stayed unseasonably high. Otherwise, the landscape didn’t yield much in the way of surprises.
Birds of the usual species, not particularly high numbers. Only a scrub-jay posed for photos. A lovely hike, though, under big, expansive overcast skies.
(Back home later, a robin posed. Out my study window. Having a snack.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 8:48 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Dark-eyed Junco**
2. Black-capped Chickadee*
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay*
4. House Finch* (v)
5. Northern Flicker* (v)
6. Spotted Towhee
7. Rock Pigeon*
8. Black-billed Magpie* (v)
9. Song Sparrow** (v)
10. European Starling
Elsewhere
11. House Sparrow (v)
12. Eurasian Collared Dove (v)
13. Lesser Goldfinch
14. American Robin
Mammals
Rock Squirrel
(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, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, rock pigeon, rock squirrel, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
