Begin forwarded message: From: "Ron Martin" <[email protected]> Date: November 2, 2004 7:23:16 PM CST To: BASICS Subject: SD-Birds: Fw: Yellow-billed Loon (more) Reply-To: "Ron Martin" <[email protected]>
Thought some of you might be interested in this sighting. I think Eve is going to check for the bird tomorrow. I t was seen through the day today. Ron Martin Sawyer, ND ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corey D Ellingson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:39 PM Subject: Yellow-billed Loon (more) > Greetings ND-Birders: > A photo of the Yellow-billed Loon has been posted to the > NDBS website. > > www.ndbirdingsociety.com > > I misspoke earlier, please read the following from Dave > Lambeth to clear up a few things - first and foremost > the bird was found by EVE FREEBERG of Grand > Forks. > > Thanks for getting the word out Eve! > > Corey Ellingson > Bismarck, ND > > _______________________________________________ > > Update: > First I need to correct the record. The loon was Found > By EVE FREEBERG who made the identification and got > the word out. Several of us were able to see it in the > last hour of daylight. > > The exact location is a mile long wetland that runs > from 2 miles to 3 miles north of the junction of US > 281 and ND 19. East side of road. At times the bird > was quite near the road. It tends to favor the north > end, near the remnant of the railroad tracks. > > Ron Martin told me that Yellow-billeds have a history > of staying in one place for a while. Of course freezeup > of this particular pool could easily happen in the next > two weeks. > > Uploading of an image to the NDBS web site is in > progress. > > Thanks to Eve for this great find!! Some of us have > been looking for one for a long time and it was a lifer > for all of us. > > Dave --- SD-Birds *************************************************** To post messages: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] with the word subscribe in the subject line To unsubscribe: [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the subject line Please contact Dan Tallman at [email protected] with any questions or concerns regarding the listserv. This list is dedicated to the memory of Nat Whitney, South Dakota naturalist and physician.
