Yes indeed this is a Red-throated Loon. Pale gray above with slender proportions slim neck and head and bill, snakelike. Clear demarcation between gray nape and head and white underparts, not jagged like Common. Slim angular bill. Nice bird!


JB
CLE, OH
www.jenbrumfield.com

On Nov 17, 2012, at 3:13 PM, "Gene Stauffer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This morning I saw a loon at Hoover Reservoir, Franklin County, which I
> believe was a Juvenile Red-throated Loon. I saw it first from the dam and
> then from the area below the parking lot at the dam. It was quite a distance
> away, but I was able to get some very poor digiscope photos, which can be
> seen at
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> I am hoping someone with more expertise than myself can identity the bird
> from these photos.
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> 
> Gene Stauffer
> 
> Grove City
> 
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