I checked my Ebird records and found observations of multiple Pigeon Guillemots in every month of the year.  There were greater numbers in the winter than in the other seasons except when near breeding sites.  Many were from ferries or near ferry landing sites and all year at the Edmonds pier.
Blair Bernson

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On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 7:59 PM, HAL MICHAEL<ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote: They nest all over Puget Sound. They are here in the summer but not so much, if at all, in winter.

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> On 07/23/2020 1:52 PM Wren Hudgins <wren.hudgins at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I have a little cabin on Colvos Passage (west side of Vashon) and every year all the sea birds have left the area heading north by mid June to early July.  This year two pigeon guillemots remain, apparently a pair because there is frequent interaction between them.  I'd love to learn why they are still here this late.  At first I though perhaps one was injured and couldn't make the commute north, and the mate stayed also, but flight appears normal to me for both birds.  This might be the first time in 40 yrs I have seen this.

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