Clockwork received an email from the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach with the above photo and a headline over it proclaiming, “Boys & Girls Club Members Learn About Local Birds.”
That would be an extremely rare Wide-Tailed, Sharp-Beeked, White-Throated Coastal Loon the kids in the shot are learning about. My, what large talons that raptor has! Now wonder the girl with the binoculars is keeping a safe distance.
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