Immature Red-throated Loon? It seems to fit the description and just yesterday a friend sent a photo of an adult taken in the Portland, Me. area. The exact location was not given. Ed Hack Stockbridge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maeve Kim" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 8:37 PM Subject: [VTBIRD] red-necked grebe??? > Is there any possibility of seeing a Red-Necked Grebe (two, actually) at > this time of year? At 6:30 this evening, in the lake right near the road > between St. Albans Bay Park and Hathaway Road (the turn-off to Kill Kare > State Park), there were two diving birds that, at first glance, looked > like loons. However, they were considerably smaller than loons. They had > loon-like bills, were mostly gray, with paler gray or white at the throat > and cheek. Unfortunately, there was a LOT of traffic. I stopped the car > for a minute or so and looked through binoculars but then had to get > moving or we would have caused an accident. I wanted to turn around, go > back, park at the little pull- off next to the swamp, and then walk back > to the mystery birds - but the pull-off was full with fishermen's cars. > If anyone lives in that area, I'd love it if you'd check out the birds. > > Thanks! > > Maeve Kim > Jericho Center