[Birdnet] Yellow-billed Loon still there

[Kristin Purdy]

Dave's right on with his estimate of a mile between the parking area and the 
end of the old, Old Highway where we viewed the bird. The straightline 
distance, according to my GPS, is about 1500m. I flagged a clump of 
sagebrush on the west side of the road with pink tape; that's the place 
where we first had a decent view of the bird, and then we walked a short 
distance to the shoreline and got even better views.

The GPS coordinates of the pink tape spot are:

Easterly: 0465153
Northerly: 4499111
WGS 84

Kris
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Hanscom" <hanscom at cs.utah.edu>
To: "Milt Moody" <miltonmoody at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Birdnet Hotline" <birdnet at utahbirds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Birdnet] Yellow-billed Loon still there


> To add to the directions a bit:
>
> Turn off US-40 at the Park City exit and proceed east toward Kamas on
> SR-248.  Drive over the first hill and down to the bottom.  You'll see
> where old highway 40 used to go off to the right, and a turnoff just
> beyond that.  (The old highway is fenced off.)  There are always lots of
> cars parked on the road that turns off.  I think people must use it as a
> park-and-ride lot.
>
> Drive by all the cars and go a hundred yards or so to the end of the
> pavement.  At that point, a dirt road continues up to the left, but you
> want to park your car and walk straight ahead, beyond the barriers, on
> what used to be highway 40 many many years ago.  (I call it the old old
> highway 40.)  A mountain bike will save you quite a bit of time at this
> point.
>
> If you follow the old old road for about a mile, you'll come to the water.
> The loon has been seen in that vicinity, but I'd suggest checking
> periodically as you walk along to see if he's moved north.  A couple of
> fishing boats came by an hour or so ago, which may have disturbed him.
>
> There were at least two Common Loons in the same area, but if you get good
> light, it's pretty easy to identify the Yellow-billed guy.  He's in full
> bloom.
>
> Thanks to everyone for getting word out.  It was a lifer for everyone who
> I talked to yesterday and today!
>
> Dave Hanscom
>
> PS: A special bonus this morning was a female Red-breasted Merganser
> hanging out in the same area.
>
> On Tue, 20 May 2008, Milt Moody wrote:
>
>> Kris Purdy just called to report that the YELLOW-BILLED LOON is still
>> being seen near the east shore of the Jordanelle Reservoir this morning
>> (20 Mar around 10 AM).  She said that there is a road near mile 6.1 on
>> old highway 248 going toward Kamas that will get you fairly close to
>> where you can see the bird, but that you'd have to walk a little ways to
>> to the shore to be able to see it.
>>
>> Others that have seen the bird this morning are Pat Jividen, Alton
>> Thygerson and several others in Kris's group.
>>
>> Good birding,
>> Milt
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