Date: 4/28/26 7:04 pm From: Brian Fitch via groups.io <fogeggs...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] ARCTIC LOON on SF County Deepwater Pelagic 4/18
As the finder of that “old record off Fort Funston”, I’ll share that my
limited write up is in two sections in the SFBirds archives, 12/30/00, and
1/4/01. It was also confided to me later on that two competent birders saw
the Arctic at great distance off of the Cliff House a few days after my
sighting, too far off to feel adequate confidence to report publicly.
Congratulations to Caitlin for making Arctic an official member of the
county list, and to those lucky bow riders who saw it.
Brian Fitch
On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM Logan Kahle via groups.io <logan=
<archive.org...> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
