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Nelson, Canada
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Title
Open Wide
Artist
Joy McAdams
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is one of the special moments that as a photographer I was blessed to witness. There is a nearby dipper nest above a creek that I had been observing for a few weeks. I would watch as the parents would deliver the meals, (usually consisting of golden Kokanee Salmon eggs that they had swam to retrieve), to the youngsters and then fly away, only to retrieve more eggs from the creek and repeat the sequence over and over. Each time the adults approached with the food, the young would open their mouth and cry out in excitement. One day I went to the nest, only to find the chicks had flown! All of the sudden I heard the chicks cry out-- to my delight a young chick, still partially blind and with limited flying skills, was feeding, and in very close proximity to my location. Here is the youngster, with a very wide open mouth, calling out to it's Mama. Hurry Up-- I'm hungry!
Classified as a climate-threatened bird, the American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
is a good indicator of water quality. It has declined or disappeared in some former haunts where streams have become polluted. Found in the western United States and Canada, it's habitat is fast-flowing mountain streams . It often moves from higher to lower elevations during the colder months of the year.
This diminutive little bird with few colourful markings seems rather non-descript or remarkable at first glance. The casual observer might overlook it, however they would be wrong that is is just another small bird. Once they observed it's almost non-stop behavior, that assessment would change.
Most food is caught underwater. The dipper may walk with only its head submerged, or may dive, "flying" underwater and walk on the bottom, probing under stones in the streambed. It will also will swim on surface to pick up floating insects. Occasionally it will take insects from streamside rocks, and although it has the ability to do so, seldom makes short flights to catch insects in mid-air.
Once the food is obtained, rather than eat it underwater, the dipper will bring the food to the surface where it will consume it on a rock or nearby shoreline. Although its food sources range from aquatic arthropods to small fry, the dipper particularly enjoys the fertilized golden eggs of the Kokanee salmon.
This image has placed in the following FAA/Pixels contest:
3rd Place (juried)- "BIRDS= Color Photography" contest- A Woman's Touch Group- Feb. 2024
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January 14th, 2024
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Roma, Ro - Italy
Congratulations, your photo was FEATURED on the home page of the EVOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY group on February 25, 2024. You are invited to add this featured image to the group discussion page.
Providence Forge, VA - United States
Beautiful capture! Congrats on your 3rd place win in AWT Birds contest!
Ashland, OR - United States
Congratulations on your 3rd place win in 'BIRDS - Color Photography', Joy! A special moment indeed. My pleasure to host the contest. FL
Ocala, FL - United States
What a remarkable picture, Joy! Thanks for adding the information so we could know a little bit more about them. Lucky you foreseeing and capturing this one-of-a-kind scene. F
St. Louis, MO - United States
Gorgeous avian action close up photograph with great timing and composition! Congratulations on your "Best of the Best" Special Feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group! F/L
CA, CA - United States
Pushy little baby! Great capture! Congratulations on Best of the Best in WSF. FL
Toronto, ON - Canada
Congratulations, your amazing photograph is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Iola, WI - United States
Congratulations on your Best of the Best feature in the WF&S group! Excellent action capture! L&F
Cedar City, UT - United States
Congratulations on your Best of the Best homepage feature in WFS!...L
Iola, WI - United States
Dear Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group Member, You are to be congratulated on your achievement of getting your beautiful piece of artwork chosen to be featured in our “Best of the Best” section of our homepage. This is truly an honor to be selected for this special feature. If your works are featured, it is always an honor, but this honor is above and beyond what one sees most of the time. It is excellently done and presented and deserves a special place on our homepage. Happy sales to you till we meet again.
Centennial, CO - United States
Congratulations, Joy – your stunning scene has been selected as an Honorable Mention from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Wildlife on the Rocks photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Cocoa, Fl - United States
Congratulations, your picture has been FEATURED on the home page in the group WONDER OF WINGS on January 17, 2024. You are invited to add this featured image to the group discussion page "FEATURES ARCHIVE Jan-April 2024.”
Toronto, ON - Canada
omg, absolutely delightful. I just love both your sense of humor and the photography. Wonderful presentation.
Jacksonville, FL - United States
Fantastic capture of this devotion by mom. You nailed it! Great name for Alex too!
Vancouver Island, BC - Canada
Terrific image, Joy! Dippers are fascinating...I've never seen a baby dipper. Looks like it probably took a lot of patience for you to capture this scene between the dipper's dips!
West Richland, WA - United States
Perfect shot Joy. Right time, right place, perfect image. And it looks like the youngster rules the roost....
Ashland, OR - United States
What a 'joy' it's been to showcase this beautiful image as one of our 'Daily Specials' on the 'Homepage' of A Woman's Touch', Joy. Amazing capture. FL
Plainville, MA - United States
Congrats on your Daily Special feature in A Woman's Touch Group....great capture!
Aberdeen, nj - United States
Congratulations on your DAILY SPECIAL feature in A Woman's Touch group! Extraordinary timing in this absolutely amazing capture!!
Broadview Heights, OH - United States
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured in the ANIMAL MANIA Group gallery! You are invited to post your work in the feature archive discussion.
Foster City, CA - United States
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is featured in the Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the Jan – Mar 2024 Feature Archive discussion for additional visibility.
Centennial, CO - United States
Congratulations, Joy – your wildlife on the rocks scene has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2024 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
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