Hi Tweets

Of interest from the Monterey Bay CA RBA for Nov 01:

>Monterey Bay:
>
>A breeding plumaged adult male YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen today from a
>boat one-half mile off Lover's Point in Pacific Grove. Presumably, this
>is the same bird that had wintered here three years in a row through
>'95-'96, although it was missed last winter.

Since at no time have there ever been many alternate-plumaged Yellow-billed
Loons in Cascadia, what's the betting this is the bird that was messing
around Pt Roberts/Protection island last week? Be interesting to know how
they sexed it, though. Anybody know how to ID male and female loons in Alt
plumage?

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