Idaho Day 2: A Bit of Baldy

Ketchum, ID

Wednesday 17 August 2022 87 °F

MONDAY, AUGUST 15:

Today, I was supposed to hike up Thompson Peak with my mom but we decided to wait a day since I was up extremely late owling last night.

So instead, I gloriously slept in, had breakfast, and then ventured out into the Warm Springs neighborhood and over to the Creek for some birding. I immediately had this Pink-sided subspecies of DARK-EYED JUNCO, one of the more lovely resident subspecies:

And a young of its kind:

WARBLING VIREO:

YELLOW WARBLER foraging right alongside the Creek:

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH:

CHIPPING SPARROW with a nice rufous cap:

I hiked up Mt Baldy a bit and it was extremely quiet with the exception of this male HAIRY WOODPECKER:

So, I came back down soon and discovered that there was an immature AMERICAN DIPPER foraging in Warm Springs Creek right behind our condo! Consistently my favorite yard bird out here in Idaho and one of the many reasons I love it out here so much. Bird-of-the-day!