Editing American dipper (section)

==Behaviour and ecology==
The American dipper defends a [[wildlife corridor|linear territory]] along streams. In most of its habits, it closely resembles its [[Europe]]an counterpart, the [[white-throated dipper]] (''Cinclus cinclus)'', which is also sometimes known as a water ouzel.

===Breeding===
The American dipper's nest is a globe-shaped structure with a side entrance, close to water, on a rock ledge, river bank, behind a waterfall or under a bridge. The normal clutch is 2–4 white eggs, incubated solely by the female, which hatch after about 15–17 days, with another 20–25 days to fledging. The male helps to feed the young. The maximum recorded age from [[Bird ringing|ring-recovery]] data of an American dipper is 8 years and 1 month for a bird ringed and recovered in South Dakota.<ref>{{ cite web | title=Longevity Records of North American Birds | publisher=United States Geological Survey | url=https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/longevity/Longevity_main.cfm | access-date=13 February 2019 }}</ref>

===Feeding===
It feeds on aquatic [[insect]]s and their larvae, including [[dragonfly]] nymphs, small crayfish, and [[caddisfly]] larvae. It may also take tiny fish or [[tadpole]]s.

=== Predators ===
Dippers may occasionally be preyed on by predatory fish such as by [[brook trout]],  [[bull trout|bull]] or [[Dolly Varden trout]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Elliott |first1=Charles L. |last2=Peck |first2=Steve|year=1980|title= Dipper swallowed by trout.| journal= Wilson Bull.|volume= 92|page= 524|url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v092n04/p0524-p0524.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Johnson, N. K. |year=1953|title= Dipper eaten by Brook trout| journal= Condor |volume=55|page= 158}}</ref>

===History===
The American dipper, previously known as the water-ouzel, was the favorite bird of famous naturalist [[John Muir]]. He dedicated an entire chapter in his book ''The Mountains of California'' to the ouzel stating "He is the mountain streams' own darling, the humming-bird of blooming waters, loving rocky ripple-slopes and sheets of foam as a bee loves flowers, as a lark loves sunshine and meadows. Among all the mountain birds, none has cheered me so much in my lonely wanderings, —none so unfailingly. For both in winter and summer he sings, sweetly, cheerily, independent alike of sunshine and of love, requiring no other inspiration than the stream on which he dwells. While water sings, so must he, in heat or cold, calm or storm, ever attuning his voice in sure accord; low in the drought of summer and the drought of winter, but never silent."<ref>{{cite web |title=American Dipper or Water-Ouzel |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/boise/learning/?cid=stelprdb5309794&width=full |website=USDA Forest Service - Boise National Forest |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>