[TN-Bird] Re: Loon in question today
- From: "Sumrall, Colin D" <csumrall@xxxxxxx>
- To: "<wgpu@xxxxxxxxxxx>" <wgpu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 14:20:15 +0000
Loon is still present and close. Looks like red throat. Lacks chin strap of
pacific. Small patch of dark feathers on lower throat hint reddish but might we
wishful thinking.
Colin sumrall
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On Dec 31, 2014, at 8:17 PM, "Bates Estabrooks"
<wgpu@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:wgpu@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Nell,
Thanks very much for all your efforts to confirm this. My son Daniel will be
posting this on eBird tonight.
Regards,
Bates Estabrooks
Anderson County
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Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 00:46:44 +0000
From: moorephotography@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:moorephotography@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Loon in question today
Spent a couple hours at Cove Lake State Park (Campbell County, TN )this
afternoon looking for the loon found by the Estabrooks this morning.
Finally located him late afternoon after watching an adult Bald Eagle harras
virtually everything on the lake.
After looking at the images they took on a bigger screen when I got home as well
as observing the bird myself
I concur with the others this is a Red-Throated Loon in Winter plumage.
Another bad photo attached, however the upturned bill etc. as well as the
description by the Estabrooks leads me to believe it is a Red-Throated Loon. He
was very distant in horrible lighting. This was the best of over 50 photos w/
400 mm lens.
However, this IS a record for this species at Cove Lake State Park.
Great find!
Hope it will be entered into Ebirds by those that found it.
Nell Moore
Caryville, TN
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