[va-bird] Directions to Pacific Loon, Kerr Reservoir

["Brett Scheffers" <schefbr0@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am interested in going to see the Pacific Loon tomorrow after work. Would 
someone be able to give me more specific directions to Kerr's Reservoir 
(Palmer's Point). I would be leaving from Warrenton. I hope it's not too far 
away. Thanks

Brett Scheffers


> From: Susan Heath <sheath@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: sheath@xxxxxxx
> To: VA Birds <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [va-bird] Pacific Loon, Kerr Reservoir
> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:46:37 -0500
>
> All,
>
> Fenton Day, Brenda Tekin, myself, and another birder whose name I didn't 
> get saw a Pacific Loon at Kerr Reservoir (Palmer's Point) today around 
> 12:30.  Fenton and I first arrived around 8:45 to find Brenda scoping 
> through the loons with a candidate loon but we were unable to positively id 
> it because of bad light and strong wind conditions.  Fenton and I walked 
> around the shoreline for a while but we were still unable to get a good 
> view.  When we returned to the point, Brenda had found a Red-throated Loon 
> which we all were finally able to get on despite the wind and the constant 
> diving of the loons.  The wind was so strong as to almost blow our scopes 
> over.  Fenton and I gave up and decided to check some other areas.  We had 
> reached Dick Cross WMA when Brenda called and said that she had the Pacific 
> Loon so we zipped back over only to find that the wind was even stronger 
> than before!  We all got on a loon that we decided was a Red-throated but 
> not the same one as we had seen before but we were unable to find the 
> Pacific.  Brenda and I found refuge from the wind in our cars to look 
> through some field guides but Fenton stuck it out.  When I saw him trotting 
> back to the car but his scope still out on the point (sheltered by a tree!) 
> I figured something was up.  Sure enough he had found the Pacific Loon 
> almost straight out from the point but all the way on the other side.  By 
> extending our scope legs only part way and getting down on our knees we 
> were able to get our scopes stable enough in the wind to view the bird and 
> see the small rounded head, small bill, and much smaller size compared to 
> the block-headed common loons that were ubiquitous.  At one point we had 
> the pacific, several commons and a red-throated loon in one scope view.  I 
> would have liked for it to have been much closer but I'll take it!  Thanks 
> to Adam D'Onofrio for finding this bird (over and over!) and to Brenda for 
> calling us back when we had given up.
>
> Sue
>
> --
> Susan A. Heath
> George Mason University
> Environmental Science Department
> Fairfax, VA
>
> Secretary, Virginia Avian Records Committee
> Keeper, Virginia Comp List at www.virginiabirding.org
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