I spent a good amount of my birding time this weekend trying for waterfowl. One bird in particular was on my mind: Red-throated Loon. I tried Wickham Lake on Saturday morning; I found a Common Loon that was close enough to shore for some decent shots, but no RTLO. This morning, I met up with birding bud Bruce Nott at Plum Point, where there was not much happening BUT we did locate a single, distant Red-throated Loon. The RT Loon was definitely my best bird of the weekend, all the other waterfowl I observed were expected species for this time of the year.
I’m also playing a little catch up today, I’m including several photos from last weekend that I did not post, due to my excitement over my Sunday at the Grasslands.
Nice!!! Good for you. And, thanks for sharing 🙂
It’s my pleasure Patty. Good to hear from you as always. Matt
Great pictures from this week and the week before. I did look for the Loggerhead yesterday but without any success. Did not stay at the grasslands until the shorties came out–instad went down to the Black Dirt looking for Buntings , larks, and Longspurs but no small birds. Did get a Merlin And Kestrel however. While at the Grasslands Curtis McDermott pulled in with his squad car. Had a good conversation with him. I have met his father several times. A few weeks ago I did have a distant look at a Northern Shrike near the water Gap. The Rough Leg is still down at Burlington Co. Fairgrounds. Have had 3 looks at it so far.
Good stuff, Bruce. Thanks for checking in, you really get around and do a lot of birding. See you out there someday soon. Matt