Date: 6/8/26 1:06 pm From: Claude Lyneis via groups.io <cmlyneis...> Subject: Re: [EBB-Sightings] Sick Red-throated Loon at Creekside Park
I suspect this may be the same bird I saw and photographed on May 12 just north of the 51st bridge entrance to the Bay Trail. Less than a mile away from where it is seen now. I thought it was unusual to see it along the bank of the Stege Slough. Here are two photos of it. Claude Lyneis
> On Jun 8, 2026, at 11:37 AM, Zac Denning via groups.io <zdenning1...> wrote:
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> Thank you to the user who called International Bird Rescue, and confirmed that someone will need to pick up this bird and bring it to them.
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> If anyone is willing to assist with a rescue, I’d be willing to help, but I would not be available to transport the bird to Fairfieldtoday.
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> In case it helps, below is a photograph taken from the delivery access drive along the side of the Pacific East Mall, with the approximate location of the bird circled - The bird is on south side, on the opposite bank from this view, obscured by the plants in this photo.
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> (37.8980597, -122.3072659)
> <IMG_1095.jpeg>
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> Closer view with the bird circled:
> <IMG_1096.jpeg>
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> Phone photo:
> <IMG_1097.jpeg>
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> Zac Denning
> Albany
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>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 11:23 AM Zac Denning via groups.io <http://groups.io/> <zdenning1...> <mailto:<gmail.com...>> wrote:
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>>> FYI: Sadly, the Red-throated Loon, originally reported yesterday at Creekside Park in Albany by an anonymous eBird user, is still present, beached on the mud bank on the south side of the creek at about:
>>> (37.8980597, -122.3072659). Best seen from the north side of the creek, next to the side of the Pacific East mall.
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>>> I suspect this bird is sick or injured, and it looks extremely thin. I will call International Bird Rescue, but may not be available to help rescue the bird if that’s what they advise.
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>>> Zac Denning
>>> Albany
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