This technique is often used in conjunction with a method known as hydroplaning where the bird dips its bill beneath the surface and propels itself forward with wings and feet as if walking on the water.
Bright west-African barbershop adverts lead into a courtyard, boughed with acacias, their thorns, pods and painted metal birds, dipping towards the shady tables and sofas of the Milk Bar where, later, you can enjoy a coffee or breakfast.
A few miles from Shadadi, travelling through hills dotted with oil pumps that resemble giant, long-legged birds dipping their beaks into the earth, we came to al-Nusra's most valuable asset in the region, a gas refinery run by a young commander known to his followers simply as the "emir of gas".
The majestic bird dips into the piazza, perches on the frozen fountain and spreads its wings.
Writing was done with a sharpened bird feather dipped in ink, sealed with sealing wax, and hand-carried by messenger.
When the hearty bird-catcher Papageno sings his introductory song, a flock of bizarre puppet-birds dip and dive around him.
While some birds dip into shallow water, more aerial species may make aerial dips into water and arboreal species often make use of dew or rain that collect on leaves.
Management work (whether experimental or not) was in many cases underpinned by various monitoring and surveillance activities (e.g., transect surveys of vegetation, annual surveys of breeding birds, dip-wells to measure water levels, and sampling to measure water quality).
The birds were dipped in a scald for 30 s in hot water (at 62.8 °C) to loosen the feathers.
