Red-throated Loon still at Metro Beach Metropark

[Allen Chartier]

Birders,

Late this morning (April 8) as I was leaving Metro Beach Metropark, Macomb 
Co., I was able to see the long-staying Red-throated Loon without getting 
out of my car, saving the 1/2 mile walk each way that was previously 
required. The bird was in the NORTH Marina, which can be accessed by taking 
the first left turn after passing the entry booth. The bird was out in the 
middle mostly, but did spend some time near the docks where it might be hard 
to locate unless you walked near them. It seemed to be diviing regularly, 
and seemed to catch something on one dive. At one point it reared up and 
gave a few hearty wing flaps...no apparent missing wing feathers.

A Common Loon flew past us earlier in the morning, calling quite loudly. 
Other birds included an Eastern Phoebe, several Fox Sparrows, a couple of 
Winter Wrens (singing), an American Pipit, a Rusty Blackbird, several 
Golden-crowned Kinglets, and Brown Creepers. There are still at least 1000 
Lesser Scaup in Lake St. Clair with lesser numbers of Greater Scaup, 
Canvasback, Redhead, Ruddy Duck, and Common Merganser.

Allen Chartier
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Inkster, MI  48141
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