Wasn't going to post this, because the Dipper has it's nictitating membrane down over its eyes, but there was still something I liked about the texture and pattern of the background. We saw this little Dipper on a walk from Votier's Flats to Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Park, on November 27th.

Later: read on Wikipedia that the American Dipper "has white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks" Perhaps that is what my photo shows, and not the nictitating membrane?