A friend and I walked up-river from Great Falls NP to Riverbend park and
back about 9:30 this morning. About half-way back we noticed a very
different bird in the river, in the channel above the dam, between the
Virginia shore and Conn Island. It appeared to be a juvenile plumage
Common Loon. We both had extended 8x binocular looks at the bird several
times from about 75- yards away. The bird was actively preening. It would
be way out-of-season and out-of-range, but it did appear to be a Common
Loon. If anyone else finds or sees this bird, please post your observation
to Va-bird.
--
Donald Sweig
Falls Church, Va.
