As temporary Idaho residents, we are spending a lot of time exploring our local area. We don’t tend to drive more than an hour from where we are staying in our RV and we rarely chase after rarities, especially if it means a long drive. Custer County has tremendous diversity of habitat and therefore birds.
Yesterday, we drove Spar Canyon Road. Not hugely birdy, but a beautiful drive. At the summit, we paused to enjoy the view and I was glassing a distant patch of trees on a mountain ridge. A male Rufous Hummingbird flew into my field of view and I was able to follow it as it zoomed away. Pure serendipity! 
We keep forgetting to put out our hummingbird feeder at the Land of the Yankee Fork State Park where we are volunteering and staying but with all these hummer reports, it sounds like a good time to see if I can get a Rufous on my yard list. 🙂
Wendy McCradyChallis, ID