[Birdtalk] Pacific Loon

[Roostertael at aol.com]

Hi,
 
What with the cheep gas (pun intended) Bob Huntington and I decided to bird  
the East Canyon Reservoir area. There are 40+ Common Loons and one very easy 
to  identify Pacific Loon. It has a very light gray head and neck, and of 
course the  smaller size, and smaller bill.
 
We saw A. Robins, Cedar Waxwings, House Finches, Belted Kingfisher, A.  
Goldfinch, C. Raven, White-crowned Sparrows, BB Magpie, Common Mergansers,  
Green-winged Teal, Ring-billed Gulls, Western and Clark's Grebe, Golden Eagle,  
Pied-billed Grebe, and Lesser Scaup. 
 
We came back past Echo Reservoir, but did not see much on the lake and did  
not stop. We went around Rock Port Reservoir, and there were lots and lots of  
gulls, some Common Loons, Ruddy Ducks, and a lone Townsend's Solitaire and one 
 Mountain Bluebird. We did not spend a lot of time there. We already got the  
target bird of the day and came home.
 
Jack Binch
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