[wisb] Pacific & Red-throated Loons - Bayfield County
- From: Ryan Brady <ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:48:32 -0600
Tim Oksiuta and I did a lakewatch from the end of the Houghton Falls Nature
Trail this morning (just north of Washburn). It was very slow except for 75 C.
Loons, some Bonaparte's Gulls, a flyby Surf Scoter, a light overhead migration
of C. Redpolls, and our first PINE GROSBEAK of the year near the trailhead
parking lot. However, at one point a/the PACIFIC LOON flew by at close range,
circled, and then landed right in front of us, fairly close by L. Superior
standards (~200+ yards). It drifted south with a couple Commons for the next
hour or so but was always in view. Both Tim and I experienced some seriously
amateur camera problems (dead batteries anyone?) and didn't get the photos we
should have but I'll post a few later that are sufficient for documentation.
Afterwards, I stopped at the Washburn coaldock and found a bigger surprise, a
RED-THROATED LOON. Though this species is more common on the Great Lakes than
Pacific Loon, we have very few records for Chequamegon Bay and this was only
the third I've ever seen here (compared to 8+ Pacifics in the past 6 years).
Unfortunately, a subsequent check by Nick Anich and myself about an hour later
did not turn it up again.
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
From: ryanbrady10@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: PACIFIC LOON - Bayfield County
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:23:28 -0600
After sifting through hundreds of loons in the past few weeks, I finally found
a PACIFIC LOON off the old coaldock (near the marina) in Washburn this
afternoon. It was fairly distant and constantly diving but great light for ID.
We have found this species annually on Chequamegon Bay since 2006. Also present
here were 3 RED-NECKED GREBES, 40 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and a flock of
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS.
My family and I briefly covered the south shore of Lake Superior in northern
Bayfield County in hopes of a southwestern vagrant but didn't turn up anything
of note at Cornucopia, Bark Point or Herbster.
Ryan Brady
Washburn, Bayfield County, WI
http://www.pbase.com/rbrady
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