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The Mighty American Dipper - Songbird or Adrenaline Junky?

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by on 21 Sep 2025
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On a quiet morning at the Stamp River on Vancouver Island, I was treated to a flurry of American Dipper activity. I'd never been so close to these amicable birds as they dipped and dove into the turbulent stream. I watched them pull up larvae and gulp it back in the blink of an eye before diving back in again. One even plucked a salmon egg out of the river, a nod to the richness of the waterway.

  • Camera: NIKON Z 8
  • Focal: 560 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.0025 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 8
tagged: bird birds american dipper river stream water vancouver island creek wet diving catch adrenaline songbird action splash animal blackbird

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