Re: Loon Today (5/28)?
Warblerick@aol.com
Fri, 29 May 1998 06:35:17 EDT
Hi Gail,
I went down to Hains Point at around 3PM on Thursday and finally located the
loon (sleeping with its head tucked into its wings) right at the point, where
the Wash. channel meets the river. It was very close to a red channel marker
#2. Finally a passing boat awoke the bird, and after a bit of fussy preening
it started to feed and moved in so close that at one point it was less than 20
feet from the sea wall. What a spectacular show it put on for me, but I was
alone and could share it with no one! Lots of fishermen, picnicers, etc. but
no other birders...
When I left, after 45 minutes, it was still actively feeding and moving
upriver along the sea wall, so that you could not see it from the parkink lot
if you were just driving around. I parked in the first lot on the right as you
come around the point, and viewed the bird forn the sidewalk where it bends
around the point and goes up the channel.
Cheers, Rick Sussman
Warblerick@aol.com