[birdky] RPT: Yellow-billed Loon missed
- From: Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:31:11 -0500
Scott Record emailed me this evening and noted that he could not find the
Yellow-billed Loon today despite a pretty decent effort. One thing to keep
in mind is that the bird has been SLOWLY progressing southward in it's
feeding over the past few days. Most of yesterday it spent no farther north
than the mouth of the bay to the Girl Scout Camp. I don't know if there is
any access a bit farther south, but it might be worth a look if possible. As
noted by several folks, afternoon light is the best to view the bird because
of the orientation of the viewing areas (looking to east and southeast).
On another note . . . regarding the Little Gull -- in the location that it
has been spending a lot of time recently, from the easternmost pullout on
the dam, you scan southeastward between the locks and the sailboat marina,
some mile down the LBL side of the lake. If it's sunny, morning light makes
this impossible and the later it gets in the afternoon, the better the light
gets. Also, keep in mind that the bird is REALLY far away for such a small
gull and you have to be scanning at at least 40 power to be getting much of
a look for the black stripe along the lower back (wing coverts and
primaries) when the bird is at rest or the black W in the upper wing pattern
when in flight.
Good luck, ya'll.
bpb, Louisville
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