Male American Dipper banded in summer of 2002. This male nested at the same site for two years,
but disappeared in the the spring of 2004.

Dipper banded in October of 2002.
This dipper was last seen in January
2004, in the same area it was originally
banded..

A dipper blink, dippers have white
feathers on their eyelids, probably
used as a visual signal to other dippers.

Dipper nest on cliff site along Spearfish Creek.

 Young dipper begging for food.

American dipper on Whitewood Creek, winter of 2003

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