marcone@math.psu.edu (Alberto G. Marcone) (04/22/91)
On Friday I saw on a small lake here in central Pennsylvania a Common Loon. After a little walk in the nearby woods I came back on the lake and saw on the far end of it ten birds. It was becoming dark and they were pretty far away but I suspect they were more loons. Is this possible? Do loons migrate in small flocks? Thanks, Alberto marcone@math.psu.edu
grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) (04/24/91)
In article <f*Gawdv1@cs.psu.edu>, marcone@math.psu.edu (Alberto G. Marcone) writes: > > On Friday I saw on a small lake here in central Pennsylvania a Common > Loon. After a little walk in the nearby woods I came back on the lake and > saw on the far end of it ten birds. It was becoming dark and they were > pretty far away but I suspect they were more loons. Is this possible? > Do loons migrate in small flocks? Usually loons migrate as singles or pairs. It's possible that what you saw was ten individuals rather than a cohesive flock. In Northern NJ, we would occasionally get small groups of loons on the reservoirs, and rarely one or two would spend the summer (no breeding evidence though). > > Thanks, > Alberto marcone@math.psu.edu -- --- Greg Pasquariello grp@unify.com Unify Corporation Be good and never poison people