[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon @ East Shore Park, Ithaca
After several visits to East Shore Park, this morning I finally saw the continuing non-breeding plumage Red-throated Loon at East Shore Park, offshore to the north. So many times I only saw the even-longer-continuing non-breeding plumage Common Loons, which at a distance in heat shimmer can look similar, that I doubted the Red-throated was still around, and I would have doubted its very existence despite the numerous reports if not for Jay McGowan’s confirming photo on 11 April. The Red-throated is very pale and evenly gray on the crown and down the back of the neck, with none of the Common’s jagged pattern, and of course the Red-throated lacks the Common’s steep forehead. Amazingly, I took what for me is a pretty good photo. https://ebird.org/checklist/S107380293 - - Dave Nutter -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon East Shore Park
There was a winter plumage Red-throated Loon viewable from Hog Hole this afternoon. It was off to the North East closer to East Shore Park. France -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Red-throated Loon, East Shore Park
A basic adult RED-THROATED LOON is visible distantly to the northwest from East Shore Park, seeb better from father north. Several White-winged Scoters are still in that area as well. Lots of wigeon and a pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS are mixed in with the Aythya flock along the ice edge. No sign of either the Eurasian wigeon or teal from the east side. Jay -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
