[Tweeters] Red-throated Loons (plus Pacific Loons)

[Michael Price via Tweeters]

Hi tweets

Back when Vancouver BC's Burrard Inlet had lots of seabirds, on any
winter-residency day between October and April, the Red-throated Loons
would form a U-shaped wolf-pack of up to 20 loons around the mouth of False
Creek.

I remember seeing similar aggregations of sometimes up to several thousand
Pacific Loons which would gather each winter-residency period at the
eastern entrance to Active Pass between Mayne and Galiano Islands, easily
visible from the Tsawwassen-to-Schwartz Bay Ferry between Vancouver BC and
Victoria. Not a bad place to look for Arctic Loons, I'd think, though best
done from a boat rather than a ferry booming through at 15 knots. If you're
tempted, here's a discussion of currents in the Pass from
westcoastpaddle.com:
 https://share.google/dkwzS3ITe2YQv4oZf

best wishes, m

Michael Price
Vancouver BC Canada
loblollyboy at gmail.com

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