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23-05-2006, 07:42 PM
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Could any bird photographers tell me if I am right in thunking that this is a dipper. I know its not good enough for the gallery - I was using my little bigma with a 2x converter in fairly poor light, hand held (well resting on a tree) so its a bit soft.
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23-05-2006, 07:48 PM
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It certainly looks like a Dipper to me.
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23-05-2006, 07:49 PM
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You are correct.....well done for those shots.  |
23-05-2006, 07:50 PM
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Looks Dipper to me although the second one would be hard for me to ID on it's own.
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23-05-2006, 08:00 PM
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No doubt at all!
A very unique looking birdie 
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23-05-2006, 08:39 PM
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I have not seen one recently but that is a dipper! I have been told that there are some locally at a wildlife trust site
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23-05-2006, 08:44 PM
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That one was at Jannets foss, near Malham in the dales, below the waterfall there is a little wooded valley with a stream, and it was sitting on the top of a small fall when I got there. I just had time to grab the 300D (which has the little bigma attached permanently now that I have a 20D too) focus, and blaze off three bursts of three before it was scared off by some walkers coming the other way. Of the nine shots only the two above are acceptably sharp.
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23-05-2006, 09:26 PM
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Lovely Dipper......they are such wonderful birds.....I think our quirkiest species here in the UK..... |
24-05-2006, 12:25 AM
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No question it's a dipper. Only bird in the UK that has adapted for swimming/walking underwater. Lovely to watch them flying under waterfalls | | |
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