A Wren ???

[Slim1]

This little guy didn't seen to mind my presence too much. He was only a few feet away, while I was fishing at Don Pedro.

Slim

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I believe it is an American Dipper.

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7010id.html

I have watched them slip under the water and come back up with something in it's beak on trout streams here in Nor Cal.

[jbird]

Its definitly a wren. A rock wren I believe. http://montereybay.com/creagrus/CAlistROWR.html Oh wait! Its standing on a rock..Yep, its a rock wren!

Jay

[Ed Wahl]

You called it Jay. Checked the bird book( always have one handy). Dippers are charcoal grey, John Muirs favorite bird. Trout streams would be pretty lonely indeed without them. Ed

[Terry Thomas]

Love the "rock" wren tie in. However, rock wrens tend to have a grayish tint and more slinder. I would i.d. the bird as a house wren.