Today my family and I hiked up to Sawtooth Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness of central Idaho with two target birds in mind: Spruce Grouse & Black Rosy-Finch. Unfortunately, I missed both of these targets but a few other interesting birds were present to make up for them: PEREGRINE FALCON, WILLIAMSON’S & RED-NAPED SAPSUCKERS, many BROWN CREEPERS, & both KINGLETS. I also had three finch species including RED CROSSBILL & CASSIN’S FINCH at Galena Summit. Overall, decent numbers & average diversity of birds for a hike in mainly montane forest habitat.
Good birding,
Henry Griffin
Ketchum ID
(Chicago IL)
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