October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
April 24, 2018
Reposting Monday Mystery 042318
Valerie Knipping writes:
Can you or anybody help me with the identification of the bird shown below.
I was at Verona Park in Verona, NJ, last week when I spotted this loon. I've never seen a loon here all the 25 years I've been birding there. What kind of loon is this?
Sorry for the blank image yesterday — technical goof on my end that didn't show up on my laptop….
3 comments
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Red-throated Loon for sure. Nice find!
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My guess is a pre-breeding red throated loon. We have one at my lake in Sussex county too.
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So I was right…it was a white loon! Is it a Common Loon?
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RF
Red-throated Loon for sure. Nice find!
Chris
My guess is a pre-breeding red throated loon. We have one at my lake in Sussex county too.
Marianne Herrmann
So I was right…it was a white loon! Is it a Common Loon?