Yellow-billed Loon - John F. Gatchet
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Location

832 Gardiner Beach Road my yard
Jefferson, Washington, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 48.0583226, -122.9198055
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Media notes

Yellow-billed Loon

Observation details

I viewed the Yellow-billed Loon from my yard through my spotting scope at a distance of 100 yards. The upturned bright yellow bill was easy to see. This bird was still mostly in adult breeding plumage. This bird was a first for my yard in breeding plumage. I was able to get some distant pictures and the bird moved closer to shore for even a better pictures. I will post photographs to my checklist at a later time. I did get some excellent pictures, but not in bright sunlight. The bird drifted with the tide down the bay in an east direction. It never dove the whole time I observed it. This was not the same Yellow-billed Loon viewed from my yard by Bob Bagwell and myself on the Sequim-Dungeness Christmas Bird Count. That was a juvenile bird in a winter type plumage.

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS 7D
ISO
500
Focal length
400 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/8.0
Shutter speed
1/500 sec
Dimensions
1579 pixels x 1043 pixels
Original file size
979.42 KB