[mou] Birding Blooper Story
Mike Hendrickson
smithville4@charter.net
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:48:35 -0500
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My big birding blooper was back around 1980 or 1981 or so when I was =
co-leading a bird identification class with Kim Eckert. We stopped at =
Stoney Point near the old fish houses that over looked a small bay. =
There were quite a few loons in winter plumage in the bay and Kim asked =
me to scope them out to make sure there were all Common Loons. Kim came =
back to me and asked if they were all Common loons and I told him that =
they were all immature Common Loons. Kim decided to do a quick scan of =
the loons and immediately Kim got all excited that one of the loons was =
a winter plumaged Yellow-billed Loon! We all looked thru the scope to =
view the YB Loon and of course deep inside I felt embarrassed that I =
overlooked this loon as a Common Loon. I was a senior in high school or =
a freshman in college but that memory is still fresh in my mind. I =
really learned a lesson about quickly scanning thru flocks of birds and =
assuming they all must be the same species of birds.
Michael Hendrickson
Duluth, Minnesota
http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/
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small bay. There were quite a few loons in winter plumage in the bay and =
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asked me to scope them out to make sure there were all Common Loons. Kim =
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all immature Common Loons. Kim decided to do a quick scan of the =
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immediately Kim got all excited that one of the loons was a winter =
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Yellow-billed Loon! We all looked thru the scope to view the YB =
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of course deep inside I felt embarrassed that I overlooked this loon as =
a Common=20
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