Last Thursday I went back to Brush Hollow Reservoir northeast of Canon City in hopes I could get some close views of very late Red-throated Loon found by Rich Miller last week. Since I don't digiscope, I needed the loon to be within a few hundred feet to get reasonable good photos with my telephoto lens combination on my dslr. I got there in the morning before too many fishermen took out boats and lined the shores on this fairly small lake so the loon was only a few hundred feet from the shore on the west side. I was delighted to get good views through my scope for almost 15 minutes (previously I have only seen this species far out on Lake Pueblo). I finally edited and posted a few photos to my blog at http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com The photos, and the views I got through my scope, showed the loon in non-breeding/Definitive Basic plumage though there are some smudges on the front of it's white neck that may be part of it's molt into breeding/Alternate plumage.
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