We woke up at anchorage behind Goat Island on the Tennessee River to this lovely bird bathing and preening right next to our boat. The show went on for about 15 minutes.

We couldn’t figure out what kind of bird it was, so we asked the locals. They didn’t know. We found out it is a Juvenile Pacific Loon. The difference in the coloring threw us off the identification trail. Once we found out it was a juvenile the colors matched. Enjoy the pics.

Yes that is his foot sticking up as he cleaned his belly.

Thanks for reading.

Karen and Scott.