Sunday, January 19, 2014

Gray Jay on Aspen Vista Trail, Santa Fe County, NM 1-19-14

The goal this morning was to find a pair of northern three-toed woodpeckers, but the wind was howling up on the ridge (11,200 feet) where they were seen yesterday. I'll try again soon, but for now will have to be satisfied with this obliging Gray Jay. It was one of a "family" of 5. I love to listen to their myriad of bizarre calls. 

It wasn't very birdy in the wind. The only other birds were 1 brown creeper, 13 mountain chickadees, 1 Stellar's jay, 1 western scrub-jay and a few ravens high overhead. 



Gray Jay 


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