Can anyone tell if this bird is suffering the same impairment of its wing as the original Loon. That may make this call a little easier.
Also, for people who have observed this present Loon and the environs, is there a greater expanse of water that will allow the bird to take off this time, if it is not the injured one? Thanks. Linda On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu> wrote: > Beautiful shots, thanks for putting them up. As I suspected, it is hard to > tell what is what with the throat lines. When birds move their feathers > don’t move the way it seems they should, and their appearance can change > markedly. > > > > It could just be the result of further molt, but the 15 April bird is > missing some white feathers on the back that are there on the 28th. You can > see that it has dark “blanks” in the rows of white squares, on both sides. > The 28 April bird does not. > > > > Honestly, I find it hard to believe there would be 2 loons making the same > mistake, but who knows. > > > > Kevin > > > > *From:* Melissa Groo [mailto:melg...@hotmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 28, 2011 11:37 AM > *To:* Kevin J. McGowan; mccart...@yahoo.com; CAYUGABIRDS-L > > *Subject:* RE: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland- Common Loon --looks like > same loon as two weeks ago > > > > I'll defer to your judgement, Kevin. Unfortunately I only took a few other > pics today but will post what I have along with some similar poses from a > couple weeks back. > Up now at > *http://tinyurl.com/3sttrou* > I think this was a case of wishful thinking --I was one of the group who > tried to help that wayward one out of those waters a couple weeks ago, and I > was so hoping we'd have another try with the same one! > > Melissa > ------------------------------ > > From: k...@cornell.edu > To: melg...@hotmail.com; mccart...@yahoo.com; > cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu > Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:01:39 -0400 > Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Goetchius Wetland- Common Loon --looks like > same loon as two weeks ago > > 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/ --
