My wife and I ventured out of our snowy driveway and joined the
many others who decided that the ARCTIC LOON at Brownsmead, OR would be a
good bird for the first day of the year. We spotted it as we drove over
the Barendse Road bridge, making it one of the easiest "chases" we have
participated in. On our way home we checked the Lewis River at Woodland,
Cowlitz and Clark counties, where we had two RED-THROATED and two COMMON
LOONS. We were unable to relocate the Pacific Loon that was there last
Saturday during the Sauvie Island CBC.

Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA