The information from my last email about the Common Loon was going off the Sibley Guide to Birds, which was all I had with me at the time of observation. After viewing several other sources and images on the internet I am not quite as sure of my initial ID, though it is still the most likely. I do remember the loon having more of an upturned bill than most Common Loons. Again, the bird was backlit and therefore all observations were made very difficult. I wish that I would have had a scope at the time (though the bird was extremely active and would have been difficult to pinpoint).
This is what makes birding so challenging and fun-- and sometimes frustrating. Good birding, Jason Caddy Minneapolis j.ca...@hotmai.com _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 ---- Join or Leave mou-net:http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
