A very rare bird, a Yellow-billed loon, has been gracing the Susquehanna river in Wormleysburg, PA for the past couple of days. The bird breeds in the arctic along the north slope of Alaska, and although it is sometimes spotted off the Atlantic coast, it is extremely rare inland. It is even rarer to find one in breeding plumage so close to shore and so easy to view.
People have come from all over the east to see it, and as far as I know, no one who has come for it has failed to observe it.
For those not able or not interested in making the drive, here's a photo courtesy of Thomas Brodie Johnson.
