AMERICAN DIPPERS NESTING NEAR JUNEAU, ALASKA 
tion and abundance of the dipper near Juneau and discuss the species’ use 
as an indicator of stream quality. 
STUDY AREA 
Our study area is located near Juneau (58° 18' N 134° 25' W) in south- 
eastern Alaska. During the nesting season, we searched for dippers along 40 
streams from Pt. Bishop north to Bessie Creek on the mainland (a distance 
of approximately 93 km along the coast) and around nearby Douglas Island 
(approximately 77 km of coast; Figure 1). Ten of the streams that we studied 
are second-order, four are third-order, and the remainder are first-order, as 
judged from a topographic map (1 : 63, 360). Most of these streams originate 
Figure 1. The study area around Juneau, Alaska, showing streams surveyed and 
approximate locations of nest sites occupied in at least one year of the study. 
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