Red-throated Loon? China (1 Viewer)

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xuky.summer

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• Jan 16, 2020

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I recorded this Loon at Qingdao, Shandong province on Monday, first I thought it is a Black-throated Loon with some oil。 After exported photos, it has black neck and upwards bill, so is it a first winter Red-throated Loon with much juv plumages?
Thank you.

 

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Jon Turner

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• Jan 16, 2020

• #2

Looks good for Red-throated to me.

 

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Grahame Walbridge

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• Jan 16, 2020

• #3

xuky.summer said:

I recorded this Loon at Qingdao, Shandong province on Monday, first I thought it is a Black-throated Loon with some oil。 After exported photos, it has black neck and upwards bill, so is it a first winter Red-throated Loon with much juv plumages?
Thank you.

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Precisely that xuky, a moulting juvenile/1st-w Red-throated.

Grahame

 

Nutcracker

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• Jan 16, 2020

• #4

Ditto to Red-throated Diver with that slender bill :t:

 

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xuky.summer

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• Jan 17, 2020

• #5

Thank you very much!