Here are some that I found yesterday at my bird feeders.
A Mountain Chickadee - There are several with one of them very dark, but elusive.
A Black-capped chickadee, one that will sit on my hand and eat sunflower seeds.
The American Goldfinch are one of the most numerous.
The House finch that keep their distance when I am out there.
Had to show you this picture of an American goldfinch leaving it roost and headed for a niger seed sack.
Four of the invasive Collared doves that waste a lot of seed.
A Downy woodpecker that was hard to photograph because it was continually pecking and blurring the pictures.
A great way to spend a little time in the semi-wilds of Idaho.
I was not alone even though no humans were close to me. Even though I did not see a bear, they had been to the berry patch within the last couple of days because they left "Rocky Mountain Granola Bars" everywhere. I think it was my occasional singing that kept them away - it usually keeps everybody away.
On the hike out, my cell phone rang - it was the principal of the school I teach at. He wanted a fishing and huckleberry report. I told him where he could find a cup or two of huckleberries, but he kept pressing as to where I was. Keeping good huckleberry patches secret are more important than keeping good fishing holes secret. But as we were talking four cow elk with three calves walked across the trail in front of me and I was only able to get this picture after they stopped in the heavy timber.
The berries are now cleaned, bagged and in the freezer wait to be used for whatever my wife and daughters want them for. Raspberry/huckleberry jam is a favorite.