A gray overcast spread across the sky this morning as dog and I began our climb up the switchback. A few scraps of blue hung over the Oquirrhs, but the city center was nearly obscured by an anthropogenic haze. Few birds showed up to greet us (and no mammals for a change), but Captain Jack and I took a route we haven’t taken in a while, so we had great fun anyway.
(Supposed to have rain showers tomorrow. Will let you know.)
Grandeur Peak Area List
At 9:45 MST, I hiked a few hundred feet up a mountain.
1. Black-capped Chickadee (v)
2. House Finch (v)
3. Woodhouse’s Scrub-jay**
4. Black-billed Magpie
5. Northern Flicker
6. Townsend’s Solitaire (v)
7. Rock Pigeon*
Elsewhere
8. Mourning Dove
(v) Voice only
*Also elsewhere
**Voice only elsewhere
Tags: black-billed magpie, black-capped chickadee, house finch, mourning dove, northern flicker, rock pigeon, Townsend’s solitaire, Woodhouse’s scrub jay
