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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

‘The most exclusive guest’: rare yellow-billed loon lands in Las Vegas fountain

a yellow billed loon paddles in a lake
The yellow-billed loon normally makes its home in the Arctic and along the Pacific. Photograph: Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal via Getty Images

A rare yellow-billed loon – a bird more common to the high Arctic tundra in the summer that strays south of Canadian border in only small numbers – has caused a fountain display in Las Vegas, Nevada, to be switched off.

The yellow-billed loon, with a similarly haunting call to the smaller, more abundant common loon, was spotted in the fountains of the Bellagio hotel and casino, causing hotel management to call off the propulsive displays of water.

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