[Birdtalk] Dipper and Marmot shots

[Tim Avery]

Spent some time observing a Dipper visiting a nest site earlier this week.  It was cool to sit in the shade of a river bank and watch the birds dive under, come up with food, then fly to a staging log, before shooting up to the nest.  It appeared that both parents were bringing food, and each time they disappeared out of view to the nest, the chicks could be heard screaming "FEEEEEED MEEEEE!".  Or somehting close to that ;)

And yesterday I spent an hour sitting on the lawn outside the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird watching the small hoarde of Yellow-bellied Marmots "mowing the lawn".  There were as many as 6 young marmots, not even a foot long feeding alongisde the adults, that dwarfed the little ones:

http://www.timaverybirding.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=525

Cheers,

Tim
Salt Lake City, Utah
tanager at timaverybirding.com
http://www.timaverybirding.com
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