Pictures remind me of a cormorant. I used to work at North Point and we always had lots of cormorants there. Mike
On 12/08/12, Jon Corcoran wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Tonight towards dusk I was scoping off Fort Howard Park (Baltimore. south of North Point State Park) when my scope hit a very interesting looking loon that I was not able to pin in the field. The bird was do-west, past the large rock pile off the bank (The only protruding formation there off the bank). It didn't really fit the build for either of the common loons (Common or Red-throat). The bird, too me, looked more to have a Red-throat build, but was extremely dark. The head was very round and the bill was slight. The bird just didn't fit for a Common Loon. The area around the eye was very dark and there was a white cheek-patch. The black down the neck was smooth, and there was no sign of a ring towards the base of the neck. I also noted no white spotting on the bird... I was stumped.
When I got home I started looking at my books and found a depiction in Sibley and Crossley that looked strikingly like what I saw. I downloaded a 60x scope, 5x video I had taken and viewed it at full-screen. I started to shake as the similarities captured in the video to the book depictions were compelling. In fact, the drawings and photos I see for non-breeding PALO look like the closest fit to this bird. I'm hoping this bird will be refound tomorrow and better photos taken.
I have posted the video and a callage to view. Any input on this bird is welcome and appreciated.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thrasher72/
Thanks,
Jon Corcoran
Catonsville, MD
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