I’d expected another overcast morning, but it was not to be. There were clouds, but patches of blue covered the majority of the sky. Nippy, but nice. And—in stark contract to yesterday—many birds.
Raven and quail and solitaire and chickadee, goldfinch and pigeon and dove. Got a few decent photos, too.
Thus it might seem strange that I’ve chosen a home photo to share today.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 9:01 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
2. Northern Flicker (v)
3. Rock Pigeon*
4. House Finch**
5. Dark-eyed Junco
6. Black-capped Chickadee
7. Townsend’s Solitaire
8. Eurasian Collared-dove
9. Song Sparrow (v)
10. Black-billed Magpie** (v)
11. California Quail (v)
12. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
13. Common Raven
14. European Starling
Elsewhere
15. Red-tailed Hawk
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, California quail, common raven, dark-eyed junco, Eurasian collared dove, European starling, house finch, lesser goldfinch, northern flicker, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, song sparrow, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
