Michael Price wrote:
>
> Hi Tweets
>
> I noticed in a post from Ray Korpi relating birds at an Oregon site,
> Scappoose Bottoms, that an Alternate-plumaged Common Loon was with
> Basic-plumaged birds, a sign that that species has begun its northbound
> migration. Something to look for in the Basic-plumaged wintering flocks
> further north.

Alternate-plumaged Common Loons have been seen in the Port Alberni area
as well (at least since Mar. 9) mid-Vancouver island.
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Cheers,

Don Cecile
Port Alberni, B.C. Canada
dcecile at cln.etc.bc.ca.