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Title: Birds of the Rockies
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Keyser, Leander Sylvester, 1856-
Subjects: Birds Birds
Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg and co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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vicejust below the foot of the falls, gave a quick poke with RAINBOW FALLS When the sun strikes the spray and mist at the properangle, a beautiful rainbow is painted on the face of thefalls. At the time of the authors visit to this idyllicspot a pair of water-ousels had chosen it for a summer resi-dence. They few from the rocks below to the top of thefalls, hugging close to the rushing torrent. In returning, theydarted in one swift plunge from the top to the bottom, alightingon the rocks below. With the utmost abandon they dived intothe seething waters at the foot of the falls, usually emerging witha slug or beetle in their bills for the nestlings. Shod with tallrubber boots, the writer waded close up to the foot of the fallsin search of the dipper s nest, which was set in a cleft of therocks a few inches above the water, in the Utile shadowed cavernat the left of the stream. The pointed rock wrapped in mist,almost in the line of the plunging tide, was a favorite perchfor the dippers.
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166 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES its beak and flitted away — minus the tidbit it had heldin its bill. Ah ! my propitious stars shone on me that day withspecial favor. I had found not only the water-ouselitself, but also its nest. Suddenly water-ousel numbertwo, the mate of number one, appeared on the scene,dipped, scanned me closely, flew to the slippery wall,darted to the cranny, and deposited its morsel, as itsspouse had done. This time I heard the chirping ofthe youngsters. Before examining the nest I decidedto watch the performances of the parent birds, whichsoon cast off all the restraint caused for a moment bymy presence, taking me, no doubt, for the ordinarysightseer who overlooks them altogether. Again and again the birds plunged into the churningflood at the foot of the falls, sometimes remaining underwater what seemed a long while, and always coming tothe surface with a delicacy for the nestlings. Theywere able to dip into the swift, white currents andwrestle with them without bei

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