[MDOsprey] No Yellow B'Loon (11/7)
Gregory B Miller (gregorym@erols.com)
Sun, 07 Nov 1999 14:23:07 -0500
No Yellow-billed Loon today as of 12:30pm. I checked near Greenwell
from 8:30-8:45am and arrived at the Sea Breeze a little before 9am. A
Colorado birder was just leaving. He got the Kelp Gull, but no YBLO.
He said another birder before him was also unsuccessful.
We had 6-8 birders scanning the river intermitingly until I left at
12:30pm. The cold North wind and choppy water made for less-than-decent
viewing conditions, too. I tallied 38 Common Loons this morning (but
there were probably many more). No Red-throateds today and no imm.
Common with the yellow bill. Buffleheads, Com Goldeneyes, and Ruddy
Ducks were present, as well as one Horned Grebe and a single Oldsquaw
(this was my first one this Fall). Several adult flyby Bald Eagles were
a delight to all.
We had 2 Ospreys, too--one bird and one airplane. Forster's Terns are
still quite common on the river. Six gull species were observed this
morning, too: Great Black-back, Herring, Ring-billed, Laughing,
Bonaparte's, and the ring-master, Kelp Gull (sitting on its favorite
post--right side of the east pier, 5th post from the end). "Shrimpy"
was, of course, posing for the cameras (as always) and was absent only
briefly this morning from 9-9:30am.
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Greg Miller
Hollywood, Maryland, USA
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