stevehdc's photostream

Bird on right is a Red-throated Loon. The bird on the left is noticeably larger with extensive white flanks. You can click on the photo to make it larger. See below for more photos of this Loon. At first I thought it was two Red-throated Loons, but the one on the left was significantly larger and chunkier, thus changing my thoughts to Common Loon, but then there are those white flanks... Apologies for the lousy photos...the birds were really far out there.

Pretty rare find for Martha's Vineyard. Seen on a very foggy day at Felix Neck Wildlife Refuge.

I didn't take this photo, but I think it is an amazing bird. It was found in Staunton, Virginia, USA. Here is a link to the original photos and the owner of the photos:

www.naturefriendmagazine.com/photos.pl?catid=9

Horrible lighting, but this was the best photo I could get showing the white rump.

Click HERE to see this photo larger with a black background

Nine day old Jack scoping the ducks on the Potomac River. I really couldn't pull him away - you can see the intensity he brings to scoping. We had fun dentifying Ruddy Ducks, Coots, Northern Shovelers, etc. until he started gnawing on the lens..