The first time I saw a dipper was when I was walking along Carpenter Creek in New Denver. I noticed a little bird jumping into the water. I flattened an urge to try to help it because the creek was in full spring spate and I would have drowned if I had tried to enter the rushing water but I was feeling sad at the birds demise when it popped up again....and then it jumped back in the creek. I watched it for a bit as it merrily ducked in and out of the fast moving stream. I had never seen a songbird exhibit this type of behavior. A quick search on google when I arrived home solved the mystery. The American dipper is the only songbird in North America that catches all of its food underwater.
More information about dippers: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/dippers-birds-alberta-naturalist-brian-keating-1.5979095
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