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Date: 6/17/25 8:36 pm From: Clayton Will <willcfish...> Subject: Re: [ia-bird] Loon
1. It doesn't seem to be real uncommon. These three were in Iowa in the last month. 2. I wasn't as surprised to see the two on Spirit Lake as I was the one at Big Creek. Common Loon 24 May 2025 #2 Spirit Lake (Iowa) \| US-IA Common Loon 20 May 2025 #1 Big Creek SP Marina \| US-IA Last year there were one to three Common Loons on Storm Lake from July 2 to July 22. Clayton Will Madrid On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM Michael Meetz <mcmeetz1...> wrote: > I have not seen it but my hunch is that It may be a (non-breeding) > juvenile 2-3 yr bird. Occasionally these return to the northern lakes to > "hang out” sometimes with other non-breeders > > Mike Meetz, Nevada > > On Jun 17, 2025, at 3:21 PM, Ellen Fuller <cfuller989...> wrote: > > For the past 3 days (and maybe before that) I have what I think is a > Common Loon on a borrow pit 1+ miles east of the junction of Cty 99 and > H22, just south of Oakville in Louisa County. This is on Louisa County > H22. It appears to be in somewhat basic plumage. It has a large blue-gray > bill. This is the first Loon I have seen in June. > Chuck Fuller > Burlington > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CADNk8fbzHXPuiQWKi-eeZym4euTUSSaJutXJ31FoYhq_Dzmp0A...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<CADNk8fbzHXPuiQWKi-eeZym4euTUSSaJutXJ31FoYhq_Dzmp0A...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> > To search for an unfamiliar location, go to > https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx > This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - > https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in > the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. > > IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "IA-BIRD" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<AA988C35-4972-4F8B-96B9-C66307425F42...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/<AA988C35-4972-4F8B-96B9-C66307425F42...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Post by sending an email to <ia-bird...> To search for an unfamiliar location, go to https://iowabirds.org/Places/FindLocation.aspx This list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union - https://iowabirds.org/ - with membership open to all people interested in the birds of Iowa. Join today at https://iowabirds.org/IOU/Membership.aspx. IOU Code of Birding Ethics - https://iowabirds.org/Pages.aspx?pg=6 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "IA-BIRD" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ia-bird+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ia-bird/CAHX11sh%<2BjeLRS1HoZR1ZwfT5Rxg8QaWkTFYYR1GTFV8zGFioNA...>

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