Date: 4/28/26 5:23 pm From: Alan Hopkins via groups.io <alanhopkins...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] ARCTIC LOON on SF County Deepwater Pelagic 4/18
It is always nice to hear about these birds a few days after the trip!
Alan S. HopkinsSan Francisco, CALink to art website
On Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 05:17:16 PM PDT, Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io <chucao...> wrote:
Nice,
For comparison here is the Arctic Loon I had fly by in San Mateo county, May 2022. The extent of the thigh patch is about the same in both the SF and San Mateo bird. Cool.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [SFBirds] ARCTIC LOON on SF County Deepwater Pelagic 4/18
On 4/28/2026 4:40 PM, Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io wrote:
>
> Logan
>
> Are there photos?
>
> Alvaro Jaramillo
>
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> *From:*<SFBirds...> <SFBirds...> *On Behalf Of *Logan
> Kahle via groups.io
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 28, 2026 7:11 PM
> *To:* <sfbirds...>
> *Subject:* [SFBirds] ARCTIC LOON on SF County Deepwater Pelagic 4/18
>
> Hi All,
>
> As I mentioned in my write-up last week, on the San Francisco
> deepwater pelagic a Loon was seen crossing the bow in the afternoon
> that was thought to be a potential Arctic. This bird was first noted
> by Caitlin Chock and also observed by Peter Pyle, Paul Saraceni, Linda
> Terrill, Henry Witkonson, Chris Dong and several others on the bow.
> Expert opinion has come in and this bird appears to be a pretty
> clear-cut second-year ARCTIC LOON.
>
> Pending acceptance by the CBRC, this would represent the first
> accepted record for San Francisco county, though there was an old
> record off Fort Funston that did not garner CBRC acceptance.
>
> Obviously not chasable, but given the significance of the record I
> felt it was worth posting on here anyways.
>
> Best,
>
> Logan
>
>
