Minnesota Bird number 311 - The Red-throated Loon

    The very nice photo on top is of an immature Red-throated Loon that Melinda and I saw in Washington State back in 2016. 

    The beautiful young doe Clarice from Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer sings There's Always Tomorrow. That's what I was saying to myself yesterday when I tried for the Red-throated Loon at Long Lake County Park in New Brighton. I was saying that because I missed it standing in the cold and rain. My "tomorrow" was today as I was standing in the cold and snow. I nailed the Red-throated Loon for my 311th Minnesota Bird. 

    As of 2019, the MOU (Minnesota Ornithologist Union) has a list of 313 "Regular" bird species in Minnesota. I now have only 14 more to see to complete the list after seeing this beautiful loon. My photo is only diagnostic; not a great pic. The views I got through the scope of a fellow birder and eventually through my own scope were fabulous. A nice find for the day.