I was about to start a new post regarding the dippers I saw today at Chatfield, when I noticed this post. I put your coordinates into google maps, and sure enough, that's just where I saw two Dippers today around 11:30. A pair was flying fast and low upriver, almost beak-to-tail, and landed on the shore at the bend in the river due east of the banding station. They stayed there for just a few seconds before taking off again upriver (south). I'd never seen Dippers on the wing before-- nice treat on my lunch break, and an otherwise fairly birdless half hour (1 kingfisher, 1 Spotted Towhee, some Juncos and a Magpie were the only others).
Dave Cameron Denver On Dec 10, 11:29 am, Andy Spellman <[email protected]> wrote: > American Dipper video from Sunday, December 5th, 2010 during the > 'Walking the Wetlands' event with Urling Kingery and > friends.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70E3zB4vLaQ > > This video documents the habits of an American Dipper as it feeds in > the South Platte River at approximately 39.495369,-105.086026. The > group was thrilled to see this bird find a tiny morsel after dabbling > around in the frigid waters acting more like a duck than a member of > the thrush family. > > Other notables for that day were: > Northern Shrike (calling) > A pair of Golden Eagles > Common Goldeneye > Great Blue Heron > > Andy Spellman > Parker, Colo. > Douglas County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
