Donna, You are making me come clean on my misidentification. I went to the north shore this morning to try to see the Yellow-billed Loon that you clearly photographed yesterday. After 40 minutes not seeing a Loon, I bumped into Mark Miller on the way back to my car, and told him I would send to Cobirds if I saw it from the south side. When there, I saw a Loon way out in the middle with white on the side of the neck eating a large fish, and then sleeping. I rushed to my conclusion. When Mark arrived after 20 minutes or so and the bird started preening, it was the small size of the bird and the bill that first alerted me that it was a Red-throated Loon. Chatting with Mark and looking at pictures, we agreed on the identification.
A good lesson about jumping to a conclusion too quickly when one is looking for a specific rare bird that one hopes to see. Peter Gent, Boulder. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Donna Stumpp <donna.stu...@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:48 AM Subject: [cobirds] Re: Stanldley Lake To: Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> Wow! Can you say more about what changed your mind and/or include photos? Our bird was confirmed sometime before this morning as a YBLO. > > Thanks! Donna Stumpp Westminster, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CADEFvCeC%2B_1mEi6rt_UV5xQ51Q3BSFx5GkbUGgAQFmwUStmtvQ%40mail.gmail.com.
