April 2022https://www.birdobserver.org/Issues/2022/April-2022Hot Birds: April 2022https://www.birdobserver.org/Issues/2022/April-2022/hot-birds-april-2022Hot BirdsFri, 01 Apr 2022 00:00:18 GMT<p class="caption"><img alt="Pacific Loon by Ted Bradford" src="/Portals/0/Assets/bo50-2/HB_Pacific_Loon_Bradford.png?ver=3MGrgIW479x1vzG2hQEWjw%3d%3d" style="width: 366px; height: 266px;" /><br /> <strong>Pacific Loons</strong> are reported from many locations along the Massachusetts coast every winter, but reports backed up by photographic evidence come almost exclusively from one place, Race Point. This year was no exception, with at least two individuals photographed from Race Point in January and February. Ted Bradford took the photo above.</p> <p class="caption"><img alt="Eared Grebe by Sam Darmstadt" src="/Portals/0/Assets/bo50-2/HB_Eared_Grebe_Darmstadt.png?ver=7x7smxcHTvd7wEjjnhUAQw%3d%3d" style="width: 366px; height: 255px;" /><br /> An <strong>Eared Grebe</strong> showed up in Marblehead in mid-December and stayed at least until mid-February. It was likely the same individual that spent January through April 2021 in the same neighborhood. Sam Darmstadt took the photo above.</p> To view the rest of the article you'll need to subscribe. Bird Observer publishes original articles on birding locations, on avian populations and natural history, on regional rarities, field notes, field records, photographs, and art work.