I sat at LaDue Reservoir this evening, with several other people, trying to figure out what kind of loon we were watching. Small, next to the abundant common loons, the first thought was red throated loon. Elusive, under the water more often than on the surface it was hard to get a good look. But late in the evening, when it started preening and we were getting more opportunity to study it, other options came to mind. Pacific loon? The border on the side of the neck looked straight, and there didn't seem to be any white around the eye. The back seemed uniformly dark, without speckling and we couldn't see any white on the flanks. So, if you have an opportunity to go and look, and have experience with these loons, help us decide. Inga Schmidt ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]