Fishermen see them. Kayakers and rafters see them. Walkers on the recreation path along Gore Creek see them. American dippers are songbirds of clear, cold and fast-running streams and can be spotted ...

It seemed crazy behavior for a cold winter day, but swimming is how American dippers make their living, even here in Alaska, where they range as far north as the Brooks Range.

The only North American dipper lives in the West, ... as winter progresses and streams ice over. If you find yourself hiking in the mountains don't forget to keep an eye, ...

Male American Dippers defend a territory all year, usually staying in the same place unless heavy ice forces them to leave in winter. Both males and females sing loudly from rock perches near the ...

As fall and winter approach, I have been thinking about birds that overwinter in the Upper Clark Fork Valley. The American dipper is an often overlooked permanent resident of southwest Montana. In ...

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 dipper is a gray bird about the size of a robin. Chunky, with a stubby tail. It lives along rocky, fast-flowing mountain streams. (OK, there aren't any mountains in Minnesota, but North Shore ...

In winter, they often move to streams and rivers at lower elevations and concentrate in higher numbers, sometimes using very narrow creeks and slower-moving rivers or lakes. The dipper has declined or ...

This week I’d like to talk about one of my favorite birds. To me, this bird resembles a person on steroids at the gym doing deep knee bends or a child building their nerve for the first dive into ...

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 stream bottom to capture ...