Monthly Archives: February 2018

Peter and I saw the blue-banded male carrying moss to the nest box at Bridge 3 about 10am. There was an un-banded bird there also. We saw nothing at Bridge 1, but up above the park at the fairy ponds … Continue reading →

Visited the upper park today to check on dipper status. Found 6 birds , 3 presumptive pairs. Bridge 3 had Mr. Blue and the presumed female foraging and both singing; no nest building yet. Walked to Bridge 1 and then … Continue reading →

We saw a pair of dippers near bridge 1 today (2-7-2018), including the orange female. The unbanded pair in the fairy pond area was also there upstream from bridge 1. Seems like we have at least 7 birds on the … Continue reading →

We covered Ashland Creek from the Hersey Street Bridge to the fairy ponds above the reservoir and upper parking lot. In all we saw 5 birds. Nothing until the stretch near the upper duck pond, Then; 1 lone unbanded bird … Continue reading →

This morning Peter and I saw several Dippers in the park. One (unbanded) was in the creek between the playground and the bandshell . The blue-banded male was at Bridge 3 and we saw two unbanded birds together just below … Continue reading →