First American Dipper for the fall season

American Dippers come down the Arkansas River as it runs through Canon City, usually arriving in the fall and spending the winter. I have a...

American Dipper feeding on shore

On Saturday I located a total of 4 American Dippers at three locations along the Arkansas River in the Bighorn Sheep Canyon west of Canon Ci...

First American Dipper in Canon City area this season

Every winter we have from one to a few American Dippers that move downstream along the Arkansas River in Colorado in cold weather to spend t...

American Dipper in Bighorn Canyon

Just as the Bald Eagles are in the Bighorn Canyon to forage along the Arkansas River that runs through this scenic area, so are the American...

Nesting American Dippers

I found the American Dipper nest at Texas Creek, Colorado where I have followed nesting dippers for some years. This was an unusual nest as...

Am Dipper video clip: carrying nest material to nest site

In this short clip one of the American Dippers, with a big mouthful of nesting material, flies up under the mechanical arm that runs the gat...

The top two pics show an American Dipper, with nesting material in it's mouth, perched on the mechanical arm of a dam gate. Both are th...

American Dipper gathering nesting material

For the last several years one to two American Dippers have spent the winter on the Arkansas River just east of Canon City, CO. Since the A...

Adaptable Am Dipper in Salida

I wanted to share two final pics of American Dippers I took last week-end. This shows an American Dipper I found in Salida that adapted to ...

Close views of parent Am Dippers

These are pics of one (or possibly both) parent birds in the prior post. The top pic shows the parent bringing a small insect to the nestli...

American Dipper & nestlings

Over the week-end I birded my way to Salida through the Big Horn Sheep Canyon from my home in Canon City. The Arkansas River flows through ...