Thanks for that information. The bird should be fine within a few days , then I
can take it to the Potomac. This has happened before. The bird landed on wet
pavement thinking it was water, then it cannot get airborne. It was floundering
around striking out at people. Usually it would be releasable immediately , but
the vet wants it to have a few days for the feet to heal up. Normally I tell
people just to get the bird to open water. Glad to know it is not a really late
migrant.
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On May 21, 2012, at 16:01, Robert Daugherty <daugherty.robert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The last one that I know about was spotted by one of the LWC birdathon
teams on the small lakes off of HWY 7 and Cascades Parkway back during
the weekend of May 5th. One was spotted over at Violettes Lock in MD
over the weekend. I am in the Reston area, please let me know if I
can help.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Christine Huffman <crhuff55@xxxxxxx> wrote:
i just picked up a common loon ( i am a licensed wildlife rehabilitator) -
it was downed jun reston at the trader joe's - brought in to animal hospital
with lacerated feet from trying to take off - anyway i wanted to know if
atone had seen migrant loons in the northern virginia area lately - do not
recall seeing any on any lists lately - christie huffman (great falls, va)
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