Several times we have seen Dippers in a brackish(?) pond just behind the
dunes at the Elwha Dike during the winter. So it is not just a late summer,
post breeding happening.
Bob Norton
norton36 at olypen.com
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hobbs" <birdmarymoor at verizon.net>
To: "Tweeters (E-mail)" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Odd dipper sighting


> Thanks to all who posted about dippers using lakes and ponds.
>
> The Birds of North America account, amid six paragraphs about river/stream
> usage includes the following:
>
> "During postbreeding wandering, sometimes feeds in beaver ponds, mountain
> lakes, and tarns."
>
> I guess this is a somewhat limited, seasonal activity.
>
> = Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hobbs" <birdmarymoor at verizon.net>
> To: "Tweeters (E-mail)" <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:24 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Odd dipper sighting
>
>
>> Tweets - yesterday, my family hiked with the Washington Native Plant
>> Society up (almost) to Silver Peak, above Hyak. While on the Pacific
>> Crest trail at somewhat above 4000' elevation, we came across one of
>> those shallow alpine ponds, perhaps 1500-2000 sq. ft. Along the edge
>> (and feeding there for several hours) was an American Dipper. This is
>> the first time I've ever seen one in slack water. The only stream nearby
>> was the one feeding and draining the pond, and it was no more than a
>> couple of feet wide.
>>
>> I did read, in the new Birds of Washington (Wahl et. al, 2005), that they
>> will range up to tree line during post breeding dispersal. So I guess
>> that's what I saw.
>>
>> == Michael Hobbs
>> == Kirkland, WA
>> == http://www.scn.org/fomp/birding.htm
>> == birdmarymoor at verizon.net
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