When I dip, you dip, we dip. Let’s all do the Dipper Dance! Those who have watched an American Dipper bobbing on a rock in the Virgin River know how easy it is to find yourself copying their movements. American Dippers are the only aquatic songbird in North America, walking through the shallows of rivers and streams and diving beneath the surface to forage for aquatic insects. Their most identifiable characteristic is the iconic dipping motion that gives them their name. But why do dippers dip?