Deception Pass is a known winter gathering spot for Red-throated Loons. Numbers can range from a couple of hundred to over a thousand loons. For birders who are new to sea-birding, whiling away a sunny winter day at the east end of Deception Pass State Park's parking lot is a great way to learn to identify our smallest loon as it flies. Most observations of RTLOs on Puget Sound are occasional fly-bys. So Deception Pass is the best place to learn to identify them.

Carol Riddell
Edmonds