. Birds in Kansas. Birds -- Kansas Identification. Adult Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata). Photograph by Galen L. Pittman. Loons and Grebes Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) Status: The Red-throated Loon is probably a vagrant. One specimen was taken by Capt. Joe R. White on the Marais des Cygnes River, near Ottawa, Franklin County, on 20 October 1925. There are several sight records from Shawnee and Johnson counties (Tordoff 1956) and Chase and Franklin counties. Three of the sight records in Johnson, Shawnee, and Riley counties occurred on 10 April and from 8 to 18 May. There
. Birds in Kansas. Birds -- Kansas Identification. Adult Red-throated Loons (Gavia stellata). Photograph by Galen L. Pittman. Loons and Grebes Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan) Status: The Red-throated Loon is probably a vagrant. One specimen was taken by Capt. Joe R. White on the Marais des Cygnes River, near Ottawa, Franklin County, on 20 October 1925. There are several sight records from Shawnee and Johnson counties (Tordoff 1956) and Chase and Franklin counties. Three of the sight records in Johnson, Shawnee, and Riley counties occurred on 10 April and from 8 to 18 May. There are four sight records from 13 to 27 October from Chase, Pottawatomie, and Shawnee counties. Look for this species, as well as the Arctic Loon, on large bodies of water during spring and fall 13. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thompson, Max C; Ely, Charles A. (Charles Adelbert), 1933-. Lawrence, Kan. : University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History : Distributed by University Press of Kansas
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