[MDOsprey] Yellow-billed Loon report from 5 November
Miliff@aol.com
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:52:18 EST
Hello folks,
This message found its way to me and I thought I should forward it to the
group to provide a more complete picture of the loon reports from the river.
I wrote Mike Mulligan and obtained his express permission to post the message
last night and so here it is. I have omitted the headers etc... but have
otherwise not changed the original post.
>On Fri Nov 5 at about 8:30 or 9:00 am,
>while looking at the Kelp Gull, I saw in the background a large loon with an
>obviously pale yellow bill, a bit darker at the base. I thought that it
>might be a Yellow-b Loon. It was about 50 or so yards away, and another loon
>was closer. I casually swung to it and decided that it was a Common as the
>bill was all darkish. My recollection is that the lower mandible was
>upturned, but I really paid no more attention to it (I was there to see the
>gull and was not aware of status of Yellow-b in MD). Shortly after as I was
>about to leave, a woman pulled up who turned out to be Patty Craig. With our
>scopes we spotted a loon far out that we agreed had a yellowish bill, but
>was too far for much else.
>
>I've seen Yellow-b Loon several times before and it was not of much interest
>to me, unfortunately. And my bird certainly could have been a Common, even
>with a yellowish bill.
>
>Sorry that I can't do a decent writeup on the bird.
>
>Mike Mulligan
>Calgary Alberta Canada
Best,
Marshall
miliff@aol.com
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