[Maine-birds] MDI Pacific Loon, Gadwall, Am. Wigeon

Birding Mount Desert Island this afternoon yielded some good birds. 

The first was a Pacific Loon at Hadley Point. My initial impression was of a smallish, more delicate loon. When I got the scope on it, I could see a more rounded head, stark contrast between the dark neck/head/back and the white underparts, a clearly more diminutive bill, and, the clincher, a thin “chinstrap.”

Later, at Bass Harbor Marsh, two male American Wigeon and a Gadwall were nice MDI treats.

Richard MacDonald

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