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From OBRC Report: David Worthington and I walked to the end of the pier at Oshawa Harbour to look for the Pacific Loon that Geoff Carpentier found on 24 October 2010. David first spotted the Pacific Loon at about 10:30 a.m. It was near the green buoys about 150-200 metres away and swam even closer to us, diving continuously. After it went down it was difficult to predict where it was going to come up again. Pacific Loon 1. Adult molting from breeding to winter plumage. The chinstrap was clearly visible. The dark spots on the chin and throat are remnants of alternate (breeding) plumage, as are the large and small white spots on the back. Pacific Loon 2. Then at about 11:45 a.m. there were two Pacific Loons about 300 metres off shore. We could see both together in the scope at the same time and compare them. The second Pacific Loon was greyer on the head and neck, and had a mostly white chin and throat but lacked the dark spots that the loon in the photos above had. It too had a distinct chinstrap and it had large white spots on the back. Bruce Parker of Cobourg and I watched the two loons for about 10 to 15 minutes until one flew west into the bay and we could no longer see it in the glare of the sun and the other flew east towards the headland. Rick Lauzon refound the more easterly loon.

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