December 10, 2007

Arctic Loon at Blind Slough

Yesterday, I was lucky to come across a concentration of mixed divers including Western Grebes, Common, Pacific and Red-throated Loons and Double Crested Cormorants along Blind Slough, Brownsmead, Clatsop Co. Among them was this (apparently first winter) Arctic Loon.

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There are fewer than five accepted records for this species in Oregon.

Posted by mbalame at December 10, 2007 7:47 AM