Yellow-billed Loon - Rex Stanford
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West Canada Creek, Hinckley, NY
Oneida, New York, United States
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Map Coordinates: 43.3094305, -75.1210928
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Media notes

This photo is included because it gives a good side-on view of the head, disclosing the dramatically long bill and its richly yellow outer portion. It also shows quite well the light striations across the top part of the bird, created by contrastingly light feather tips on its upper-wing coverts. Another feature of interest may be the diffuse-looking, narrow whitish line on the face that extends backward and upward from beneath its eye, toward the nape of the neck, but I do not know what, if anything, this might indicate about age.

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