Rock Falls in Whiteside County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Yellow Billed Loon

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 25, 2022

1. Yellow Billed Loon Marker

Inscription. On December 14, 1986, a rare Yellow Billed Loon was discovered on the Rock River between the two dams by members of the White Pines Bird Club.

The rarest of our loons, it breeds in the extreme northern sections of the Arctic Circle. On December 24, the Loon went downstream below the lower dam where hundreds of people from all over the United States came to see this rare loon.

Donated by: Garden Department of the Rock Falls Woman's Club 1987

Erected 1987.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Animals. A significant historical date for this entry is December 14, 1986.

Location. 41° 46.967′ N, 89° 41.638′ W. Marker is in Rock Falls, Illinois, in Whiteside County. It can be reached from West 1st Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 201 W 1st St, Rock Falls IL 61071, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Illinois.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds

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itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Masonic Temple (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hezekiah Brink (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lincoln in Sterling (approx. 0.6 miles away); Original Site of Sterling Township High School 1898-1950 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Col. Edward N. Kirk House (approx. 0.9 miles away); Illinois and Mississippi Canal (approx. 0.9 miles away); The First School House in Palmyra Town (approx. 7.6 miles away); 82 Rods South of This Spot Was Born in a Log Cabin (approx. 8.9 miles away).

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 25, 2022

2. Yellow Billed Loon Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 260 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.