At about 7:15 this evening I found a winter-plumaged Red-throated Loon at the north end of South Stanchfield Lake. This lake is in northwestern Isanti County off of CR15. Initially the bird was swimming away from me along the left (east) side of the lake, so I tried to get a better look from CR15 along that side of the lake. After several unsuccessful passes up and down the side of the lake, I returned to the boat launch and found the loon had done an about-face and was now closer to the boat launch, allowing me to now get some very good looks. The bird was resting with its head tucked into its back when I left at 8:40, so I expect it may still be there in the morning. Also present on the lake was an Eared Grebe. Herb Dingmann St. Cloud ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html