On closer investigation of another view from our photos, you can see that all of the primary feathers are in molt. Thanks Mike for that suggestion.
~Marcel -- Marcel Such NW of Lyons, CO mps...@gmail.com suchboys.blogspot.com On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Mike Blatchley <mabx...@gmail.com> wrote: > Could this loon be in the middle of a late molt? Loons lose their ability > to fly during molts, I believe up to 4-6 weeks. > > mike > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 5:36 PM, rostrhamus wrote: > >> Marcel Such mentioned observing that this bird is missing a >> significant number of flight feathers or something to that effect, so >> its future is uncertain at this time. Updates on the status of this >> bird are appreciated. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<cobirds%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
