Dipper's protection

Dippers stand on a rock or the river bank and bob itheir body up and down while at the

same time blinking its white eye-lid or nictitating membrane which is used to protect

the eye underwater. It is often seen first when flying straight and fast along a water

course. They seem to have territories of about 1 km along a stream or river and, once

they have hunted along the stream bed in one direction (mainly upstream?) they fly to

the other end of the territory to start hunting again. C&C are wellcome.

i missed a better focus

I missed too:) - this is just a cropping to show the eyelid protection taken with a 500mm tele, just to illustrate the feature. BR Hannu

Good photo but it looks like his chest is a little over exposed. I would try darkening it a bit in photoshop.

That is good idea. However, the photo was posted just to illustrate the eyelid protection, but instead of using PS, which is not too familiar to me - I post better photos to complete the sight of the beautiful plumage of this special bird. BR Hannu