All the season’s colors made the gray mockingbird seem so majestic,” says Birds & Blooms reader Sujata Roy. In addition to ...

Perhaps one of my most sought-after birds in North America is the American Dipper. I first learned about these birds when I was taking an Ornithology class, and it has been on my “Must See ...

Called "The Curse of the Disappearing Dipper," it tells the true story of one man's search for an elusive bird in the wilds of Minnesota. The movie would follow three days in the life of the Old ...

A chunky bird of western streams, the American Dipper is North America’s only truly aquatic songbird. It catches all of its food underwater in swiftly flowing streams by swimming and walking on the ...

The American dipper is the only song bird in North America that regularly swims. American dipper distribution in Montana is basically west of the Continental Divide where mountain streams are found.

The dipper also spends a significant amount of its time preening – that is, carefully combing its feathers into the perfect arrangement to shed water. Dippers have super-thick, downy inner-feathers ...

The American Dipper, a sooty gray bird with a tail that points upward, lives its entire life on a river, rarely straying more than a few meters from the fast-moving, cold water.

Unlike other songbirds, but similar to ducks, the American dipper molts wing and tail feathers all at once late in the summer. During this time, the birds are flightless.

If You Go What: “Master of Aquarobics: American Dipper” lecture When: Noon Tuesday and 6-7 p.m. Wednesday Where: Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Ave. Cost: Free Info: Eighth progr… ...

The American dipper, a drab-looking bird no larger than a robin, is a splashy rarity: a songbird that swims and even walks underwater. This round-bodied gray bird with short wings and a stubby ...

The American Dipper is North America's only truly aquatic songbird. It lives along clear streams and rivers out west, never venturing far from tumbling liquid.