American Dipper Juvenile Goes for a Caddisfly Larva

Photographer Mike Hamilton was exploring Tokul Creek east of Seattle late in the summer ...

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... when he spotted this juvenile American Dipper.

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A young Dipper perhaps contemplating a dip.

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Watching, waiting...

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It's in here somewhere.

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Taking the plunge!

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And it's a ... caddisfly larva!

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Down the hatch!

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All photos © Mike Hamilton

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