Date: 1/12/26 4:23 pm From: Michael Price via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Red-throated Loons (plus Pacific Loons)
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...>
