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Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
Mellbystrand, Halland - May 3 2009
A small part of about 2000 Red-throated Loons in a single flock departing the Swedish westcoast before sunrise to cross mainland Sweden and head on to breeding grounds in the east, eg. Russia.