Though they're fairly non-descript birds, watching them walk under water is an amazing sight, and when on land, you can easily distinguish them when they blink. The otherwise dark gray bird have white eyelids!
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Dippers have the distinction of being the only songbirds
that regularly swim. Usually seen along swift streams, if you watch them
they will dive down under the water and walk along the bottom of the
stream looking for insect larvae and occasionally catching a small fish.
Though they're fairly non-descript birds, watching them walk under water is an amazing sight, and when on land, you can easily distinguish them when they blink. The otherwise dark gray bird have white eyelids! |
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