On Tue, 11 Jun 1996 00:02:00 PDT, tweeters at u.washington.edu wrote:

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>This all raises some interesting questions. Like, just how many Pacific
>loons are there? There are wintering birds scattered and strewn all along the
>West Coast, north at least to southern British Columbia. However, I'm
>inclined to think that the total number north of here is not all that
>significant. Does anyone ever see *large* concentrations anywhere?

<snip>

Ahem. Large rafts of Pacific Loons into the several hundreds each are a
common sight off the SE coast of the Queen Charlotte Is. during the winter,
and likely farther north, also.

- Jack

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