where the adult birds can
molt and survive without the deep-sea diving typical of their winter culinary
preferences.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins CO
From: Marcel Such
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:59 AM
To: cobirds
Cc: mabx...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Pacific Loon MacIntosh Lake
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
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Marcel Such
NW of Lyons, CO
mps...@gmail.com
suchboys.blogspot.com
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:44 AM, Mike Blatchley wrote:
> Could this
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
Hi All,
Joel and I observed the loon on July 28, and have some poor quality photos
of its wings, as it flapped/stretched a few times. Its wings are/were
definitely worn/scorched/oiled/???, to the point of our doubting its ability
to fly. If anybody wants to see some photos, email me off list.
G
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.
Thank you,
Scott Severs
Longmont
On Aug 23, 9:33 am, Bryan Guarente wrote:
