[Leica] IMG: American Dipper

[Doug Herr]

Last week I spent a few quiet hours with a family of American Dippers in the Sierra Nevada (I was quiet, they weren’t).  The “little” ones had just left the nest:

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex09.html <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex09.html>

while the adults were rebuilding the nest for the next batch of eggs

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex10.html <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex10.html>

One of the rocks in the stream is a favorite perch

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex11.html <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex11.html>

out of the nest but still begging for handouts

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex12.html <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex12.html>
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex12.html <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/cinclidae/cinmex12.html>

as usual, very distant from nearly everyone else and all comments are welcome.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto <http://www.wildlightphoto/>.com