Let’s double down on the Buffleheads with this photo of a female we saw paddling around the pond at Golden Gardens Park the other day. While it was sunny and bright, the 20-knot north wind felt like was coming direct from deep British Columbia.
They stick together through thick and thin!
C‘mon, get up! You’re late, let’s get going!
“Yeah, well I don’t like you!” “Yeah, well I don’t like you either!”
How do they do it? The American Dipper makes its living splashing around streams looking for aquatic invertebrates. Bugs. Little bugs. Somehow they find enough of them, even when the water temperature is below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s amazing!