[SBB] Common Loon - Almaden Lake

["Peggy Don" <[[email protected]]>]

SBBers:

Summer Brausel and I biked along the Los Alamitos Trail this morning (05/27/05).  Near the restrooms at the Almaden Lake Park we paused to enjoy a pair of HOODED ORIOLESs and WESTERN KINGBIRDs.  On our return to the park around 11:30 AM we saw 2 CASPIAN TERNs on the island with a very active egret and Black-crowned Night Heron rookery.  Our eyes fixated on a different bird in the water near the island.  As we tried to identify the bird a juvie GREEN HERON flew past us chasing its parent demanding food.  This bird dived repeated and stayed up only a few seconds so it was a little difficult to get its field marks.  I knew that it was a loon but which one was the question.  With its large upturned bill and slight collar our call is a COMMON LOON.  My guess is that it is a 1st summer bird. 

Good birding and biking,
Peggy Don


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