Found this about Yellow-billed Loons through Google written by Lauren Erickson:
There is one other Minnesota record of this species–back on November 16, 1980, one was seen on Lake Winnibigoshish–it made its way to Lake Superior on Thanksgiving. Rebecca Field Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 25, 2023, at 7:54 AM, Rebecca Field <rebeccafiel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That is amazing, Elizabeth! I wonder what they’re doing way down here. > > Rebecca Field > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 25, 2023, at 4:04 AM, Elizabeth Steiner <birdstein...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, I am new to this list. >> >> My husband and I may have seen two or three Yellow-Billed Loons yesterday >> at about 5:00 pm on the Mississippi River near South 42nd St in >> Minneapolis. Two birds were in the water, one dove briefly. They had dark >> heads and grey bodies, but the distinguishing feature was the bill which >> was upturned and was solidly white-looking. After several minutes, a third >> bird of similar coloring flew downstream, closely over them. The two birds >> in the water immediately took flight and followed. In flight the body and >> wings were mottled grey. Unfortunately we only had binoculars >> so do not have a photograph for identification. After consulting >> field manuals at home, we felt that the distinguishing features of the very >> pale bill and upturned nature of the bill and head most likely indicated >> the Yellow-Billed Loon. We are very open to suggestions as to what else we >> might have seen, or better luck that they might be spotted elsewhere. >> >> Thank you, >> Elizabeth Steiner >> >> ---- >> General information and guidelines for posting: >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
