I watched one feeding close to the shore of Mirror Lake, Mt. Rainier NP a
couple of weeks ago. I also had never seen one feeding in a lake before and
it took me a moment to realize that I was looking at a dipper!

Hans

On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 12:30 PM Scuderi, Michael R CIV USARMY CENWS (USA) <
Michael.R.Scuderi at usace.army.mil> wrote:


> Birds of the World notes that dippers can use lakes and ponds as wintering

> habitat. I observed one at Lake George in Mt. Rainier last week and

> another was reported foraging in Lake Tipsoo.

>

> Mike Scuderi

> Cotinga777 at yahoo.com

> Kent, WA

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Gibbins/ Crockett <binary_star85 at yahoo.com>

> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 2:57 PM

> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu

> Subject: [Tweeters] American Dipper at Lake Joy

>

> Hi Tweeters,

> Yesterday we watched an American Dipper gleaning for insects on lily pads

> at Lake Joy in rural east King county. It occasionally flew and landed on a

> dock, but spent the majority of 30-40 minutes scuttling about atop the

> lilies. I had never seen a Dipper outside of its typical stream/river

> habitat. Is this common?

> Paula Crockett

> Carnation, WA

>

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