Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 10:34:05 -0400 Reply-To: Dave Powell Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Dave Powell Subject: Re: Lapidum Loon, etc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Steve and others, I first observed the loon about 100 yards from Lapidum. I only had my bac= kup binoculars, but the bill was small and upturned. The loon appeared to hav= e a white breast, but midway up it throat it appeared to have black and white streaking. I called Les Eastman, who brought his scope to Lapidum. Les re-found the loon in his scope, but it was quite a distance downstream. I checked Les's Geo guide, and thought the illustration of the first Spring Red-throated Loon matched what I observed. Yes, it could it be something else. I have only seen Pacific Loon once (last Fall), and never with a Red-throated Loon. Dave Powell Harford Bird Club -----Original Message----- From: Steve Sanford To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Monday, May 22, 2000 5:54 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Lapidum Loon, etc >I stopped by Lapidum Sunday afternoon (5/21) and did see a difficult loo= n, >about =BC mile away to the southeast and drifting further down stream. I= t may >or may not have been Dave Powell=92s Red-throated Loon. It appeared to b= e in >mostly winter plumage but there was a very dark area on the lower throat >down, perhaps, most of the way to the water line. There may have been a >slight reddish tinge to this, but that may be wishful thinking. Most of = the >neck and head were pale whitish to gray approaching the nape and crown. >There was somewhat of a sense of a dark area running from the bill throu= gh >the eye. Unfortunately, the only source readily available to me showing = the >1st spring plumage Dave referred to is the Geo guide and it doesn=92t sh= ow the >lower neck and breast area. Overall, the bird seemed rather husky and >square-headed for a Red-throated Loon, but lighter than the average Comm= on >Loon. It held the bill upwards a little, but not most of the time. The b= ill >was similarly somewhere in the middle between my concept of Common vs. >Red-throated. Come to think of it, Pacific Loon is sort of half-way betw= een >the two others, eh? > >Does this sound like your loon, Dave? > >I also stopped at Lakeside Business Park where there were 2 Gr Yellowleg= s, 1 >Semi-palmated Plover, and 2 Spotties. At Harford Glen, another Semi Plov= er, >2 Solitaries, and four Leasts. The Leasts and Semi Plover were county bi= rds >for me. > >Speaking of county birding, I had another good, long-sought all-county >=93close-out=94 Saturday 5/20 thanks to tips from Jim Stasz and Matt Haf= ner, >namely Pileated Woodpecker (2!) in eastern Kent Co. One was on Bradford >Johnson Rd about =BC mile north of Golts. The other was on Black Bottom = Rd >about =BD mile south of Golts. I also heard but did not see the Dickciss= els >that they found on Walnut Tree Rd. > >Steve Sanford >tanager@bcpl.net >Randallstown MD (Baltimore Co) > >========================= ================================================ >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >========================= ================================================ ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================