Awoke this morning to a sheet-load of snow. About a foot here at home—and, as I suspected, a few inches more up on the deer trails. Temps in the 20s (F), so not wet snow, but the kind you need snowshoes for.
So I wore my snowshoes.
Basically, I plowed a track for Captain Jack, who followed along behind me. A shorter hike than usual and, frankly, more birds than I expected. Even spied an eagle high on a rocky, snow-dusted outcrop.
More snow tomorrow, I hear.
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 9:34 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
2. House Finch**
3. Rock Pigeon*
4. Black-billed Magpie
5. Golden Eagle
6. Townsend’s Solitaire (v)
7. Lesser Goldfinch (v)
8. Dark-eyed Junco
9. Northern Flicker
10. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay
Mammals
Mule Deer
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, dark-eyed junco, golden eagle, house finch, lesser goldfinch, mule deer, northern flicker, rock pigeon, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
