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The life of the American Dipper is unique. It lives in mountainous terrains. In the middle of cold and pure rivers. There it developed a special ability to survive. This bird flies underwater. You can now also find us on Youtube: http://bit.ly/yt-thekiwi | The Kiwi

North America’s only truly aquatic songbird, the American dipper lives alongside clear, turbulent streams across the western U.S. and Canada. Dippers are named for their characteristic bobbing behavior, which appears to occupy the birds at every waking moment outside of preening, flying, and diving for food. A dipper does not stand pensively at streamside, or hold stoic, stolid vigil over the riverine; a dipper dips, all day, every day. Dippers sport a number of adaptations specially designed fo