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

Bird – one of the 10 rarest in the US – causes fountain display at Bellagio hotel and casino to be switched off

A rare yellow-billed loon – a bird more common to the high Arctic tundra in the summer and 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 populous common loon, was spotted in the fountains of the Bellagio hotel and casino, causing hotel management to call off the propulsive displays of water.