Threatened dipper fighting back against LawCo

ip image: a Say's phoebe nested in the tractor in 2024.

In South Dakota over a hundred native species are at risk to the Earth hating Republican Party including the endangered pallid sturgeon, paddlefish, black footed ferret, northern long-eared bat, the black-backed woodpecker that feeds on bark beetles and a bird that actually walks underwater – the American dipper plus the occasional black bear, moose and wolf, just to name a few.

Work to replace a bridge on Elmore Road in Spearfish Canyon has been delayed again after an American dipper returned to nest on the existing structure despite the county’s best efforts to encourage the bird to move on. The Black Hills marks the eastern limit of their home range. Construction on the structure was scheduled to start in May, but after it was discovered that the dipper had come home to nest again, construction has been put off until Aug. 1. [American dipper strikes again on the Elmore Road bridge]

In a related story, a brand-new Ford F-250 at Olathe Ford Lincoln in Kansas was legally placed "on hold" from customer pickup because a mama robin built an active nest directly on top of one of its tires.