Finches galore during my hike with dog today. Few other species, and few numbers generally—but you can’t help but feel a bit of an uplift on a brisk, cloudless morning with the voices of finches in the air.
(At least I can’t.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 9:01 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
2. House Finch**
3. Black-billed Magpie*
4. Red-tailed Hawk*
5. Rock Pigeon*
6. Lesser Goldfinch
7. Dark-eyed Junco
8. Northern Flicker (v)
Elsewhere
9. House Sparrow (v)
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, dark-eyed junco, house finch, house sparrow, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
