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  Tyler and I just talked with Patty Craig about her possible YELLOW-BILLED LOON on St. George's Island (Delorme 23) off the pier of Evan's Seafood Restaurant. She saw it at 3:15 today (Thursday) and watched it for half an hour; she took photos, but the bird had its back to her by then, and was swimming to the left (north-ish), toward Harry Lundberg School of Seamanship complex.
  Her description is: a loon with a large, pale bill, and a dark ear spot, with a brown line down the nape. The bird was starting to molt into breeding plumage on the scapulars, but was mostly in winter plumage.
  If you come down, dress warmly--we had 16 degrees on our thermometer this morning, and tomorrow is supposed to start out colder than today!

Jane Kostenko and Tyler Bell
jkostenko@osprey.smcm.edu    bell@acnatsci.org
301-862-4623 (home)

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