millipede Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Not my photos or checklist but I'm asking for a reason... and, asap please. 🙂 https://ebird.org/checklist/S106668314 The quality of the photos are making it hard for me to tell, especially since it's non-breeding plumage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 The checklist says 7PM... I wish people knew how to use eBird better... because the pic says they saw it around noon. We had thunderstorms overnight... still raining today... this is about 30 minutes or so from here and, IF they ID'd the bird correctly, I'm going to get wet and go looking. I have kids coming home from their mom's in about 45 minutes... I have an appointment here in town 4 hours later so the timing isn't great and, the weather is bad... but, common loon is the only one on my life list so I would NEED to chase anything else. Over in Oklahoma there's a HUGE lake that gets a few extra loon species every year but I have not gone yet. I'd want to go when other birders were going... They tell me you almost always need a spotting scope(I have one but, it's CHEAP) and the wind has to be completely calm. Man I was not planning on any birding today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Hmm, It definitely seems like a possibility, the bill sees pale, and the bird looks browner than Common, but the morning sun is shinning on it so...I'd say chase it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Looks like it was removed from the checklist you linked. Can’t see the bird in question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 54 minutes ago, DLecy said: Looks like it was removed from the checklist you linked. Can’t see the bird in question. Same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 I emailed a few people about it this morning. The eBird reviewer got back to me and said it was a common loon. Someone later emailed me with more info... Â Quote I'm going with immature Common Loon for the following reasons - the culmen appears to be distinctly darker than the rest of the bill; lack of a discrete auricular patch; the plumage in the head/nape region is distinctly darker than the foreneck (YB Loon should have a paler head/neck with a less distinct transition between the nape and foreneck). The reviewer's comment was short and it was right as I was about to pull out of the driveway. I decided that since I was already on my way, I might as well still go. I didn't find any loon there but, a surprise cinnamon teal... My second ever and MUCH better views than the first time I saw one(although, the first time might have been a pair) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 Oh, it seems I still had the tab open from this morning with the loon pics... even though that list has been edited, the older version was still open for me. I'll close that in a minute but will add the pictures in question here... just for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Thanks for this. Definitely a common. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Just now, DLecy said: Thanks for this. Definitely a common. agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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