Date: 3/23/26 7:01 pm From: 'James Tyler Bell' via Maryland & DC Birding <mdbirding...> Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Previous Maryland sighting of Yellow-Billed Loon
It would be interesting to get some input from anyone who was on the RC at the time. It's almost a given that birders will have some sort of camera now but not so much in 1999. Their details on eBird are pretty sparse so it would be insightful to know if they provided significantly more details in their RC submission. Their notes on Shrimpy were equally sparse but at that time, it was pretty reliable so almost a "continuing" status.
Tyler Bell
<jtylerbell...>
California, Maryland
On Monday, March 23, 2026 at 01:04:06 PM EDT, Scott Young <wsyacy...> wrote:
Now that we have photographic proof of a Yellow-Billed Loon visiting Maryland, perhaps it would be appropriate to reconsider an earlier sighting in November, 1999. It was spotted by three birders with experience with that loon from the west. They had no photographs so that’s why they think their sighting was not accepted by the records committee. What’s fascinating to me is the that 1999 sighting at Sandgates in St. Mary’s County along the Patuxent River is quite close to the present day sighting along that river! Thoughts?
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