Red-throated Loon
“Additionally, on December 11 off Dyer Point I spotted my first Red-throated Loon of the season.”
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Other first of season birds being seen are Horned and Red-necked Grebes, Red-throated Loons and White-winged and Surf Scoters.
Over the last several weeks Dyer Point and Trundy Point have both afforded excellent looks at Common and Red-throated Loons.
Additionally, on December 11 off Dyer Point I spotted my first Red-throated Loon of the season.
I also noted a single Red-necked Grebe, a Red-throated Loon and two Great Cormorants that flew past us at close range.
…migrant songbirds and shorebirds are still trickling through from further north, ocean birds like Scoters, Red-throated Loons and Black Guillemots are settling in off our shorelines and off course birds from outside their normal range, referred to as accidentals or vagrants may show up.
Additionally, on the snowy late afternoon of December 2 within Crescent Beach State Park, I observed four Greater Scaup, a Red-throated Loon and a Northern Mockingbird fiercely guarding its winterberry fiefdom.