Nice photos. It's hard to be very confident in comparing the two photos because the birds are in just different enough postures to be confusing. But, looking at the spots and the extent of the two white lines under the chin, this does not look like the same bird to me.
Melissa, do you have a few others you could post with a couple different angles? Kevin From: bounce-23023439-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-23023439-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Melissa Groo Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:20 AM To: mccart...@yahoo.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland- Common Loon --looks like same loon as two weeks ago I went to Goetchius at 9:30 and took some hurried shots in bad light, compared them to my shots of the loon a couple weeks ago (taken on April 15). It looks to me like it's the same loon, but would be interested to know what others think. I'm concluding this particularly from looking at the last few rows of the larger markings on the back. I've posted the pics for anyone who's interested, at http://tinyurl.com/3sttrou Melissa Groo ________________________________ Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 05:42:33 -0700 From: mccart...@yahoo.com Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland- Common Loon To: cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu I drove by Goetchius this morning just before 8am and found a COMMON LOON in the same spot as the the one from a week and a half ago. I only spent a few seconds watching it but it looked healthy. David McCartt -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
