Red-throated Loon
By: Pat Coate
I was passing through the Buffalo area on MLK day and made a stop at the Dunkirk harbor. There were plenty of birds around including this juvenile red-throated loon – a new bird for me. He spent the whole 20 minutes or so that I was there actively preening.
There are only occasional reports of red-throated loons in our area, so I was very happy to have come across it.


