RE-POSTED FROM VA-BIRD:


*Subject: Possible Common Loon above Great Falls on Potomac*
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:25:37 -0400

A friend and I walked up-river from Great Falls NP to Riverbend park and
back about 9:30 this morning. About half-way back we noticed a very
different bird in the river, in the channel above the dam, between the
Virginia shore and Conn Island.  It appeared to be a juvenile  plumage
Common Loon. We both had extended 8x binocular looks at the bird  several
times from about 75- yards away.  The bird was actively preening.  It would
be way out-of-season and out-of-range, but it did appear to be a Common
Loon.  If anyone else finds or sees this bird, please post your observation
to Va-bird.  ( Or MdOsprey)

-
Donald Sweig
Falls Church, Va.

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