Yesterday we headed up into the mountains to Belknap Hot Springs. This little resort by the side of the MeKenzie River…

… features traditional chainsaw art (possibly fiberglass, I didn’t check)…

… a machine for moving dead trees…

… a strange fountain featuring a leaking jazz band…

… a hot spring fed swimming pool at 103 F, and deep in the woods, a secret water garden.

Splashing around in the fast flowing ponds was this little guy, an American Dipper.

They live off larvae and bugs in the water, and can actually walk along the bottom of a fast moving creek. Here he is plopping into the pond.

Every evolutionary niche has its pros and cons. They are the only songbird to sometimes get eaten by fish.