The snow on the trails was mostly well-packed when dog and I started up the switchback this morning. By the time we reached the bluff, I had seven birds on my list. Not much up the in the benches, though—except for Black-billed Magpies. In fact, the most visible critters up there were magpies and a half-dozen or so deer.
We were the only human and canine for all of it. Then, as we stopped by the bluff again, I spied a young Sharp-shinned Hawk on the hawk snag.
Grandeur Peak Area List
Beginning at 9:07 a.m. (MST), I hiked several hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Lesser Goldfinch** (v)
2. Black-billed Magpie*
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay* (v)
4. Northern Flicker*
5. Black-capped Chickadee* (v)
6. Spotted Towhee* (v)
7. House Finch* (v)
8. Rock Pigeon*
9. Sharp-shinned Hawk
Elsewhere
10. American Robin
11. Mourning Dove
12. Song Sparrow
13. European Starling
14. House Sparrow (v)
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: American robin, blac-capped chickadee, black-billed magpie, European starling, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, mourning dove, northern flicker, rock pigeon, sharp-shinned hawk, song sparrow, spotted towhee, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
