Fountains of Bellagio on Las Vegas Strip paused due to rare bird landing in water
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip said Tuesday that its famous fountains had paused after one of the rarest birds in America landed in the water.
In a post on X, Bellagio welcomed one of its “most exclusive” guests, a yellow-billed loon, to the Strip property, saying it was working with state wildlife officials to rescue the bird.
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The yellow-billed loon, an international species of concern, is considered to be one of the 10 rarest birds that regularly breed in the U.S., according to the National Park Service.
Yellow-billed loons raise their young in northern Alaska each year. Recently, scientists with the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service started monitoring the breeding population of the birds across northern Alaska to document population trends and to investigate factors affecting breeding.
This year, the species will be considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act, according to NPS.
The Bellagio has not yet announced whether the loon had been relocated as of Wednesday morning.
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