Date: 1/11/26 4:25 pm From: Ed Dominguez via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Red-throated Loons
Wow, fantastic! Wish I had seen them!
Ed
On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM Neil Zimmerman via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> I have been leading Birds Connect Seattle field trips to Deception Pass SP
> for years. Yesterday, I and my friend Roniq led a trip to the park. Off of
> West Beach, we saw 5-600 RTLOs. Smelt use the pass during the winter in
> large numbers and loons with other birds gather to feed. We were there
> right after high tide and there was a constant stream of birds. They fly up
> against the current and feed in the water as they ride the current back to
> the west then they fly back and do it again. When they aren’t feeding, the
> surface of the water to the west is covered by the loons. Every year I am
> amazed by the huge number of RTLOs. I have read that places back east have
> numbers that can reach over a hundred thousand. There may be other places
> in WA where this happens. I am sure if there is, someone on Tweeters knows
> about.
> Definitely a spectacle to see.
> Neil Zimmerman,
> Brier, WA
>
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