Wildlife
Pacific loon
Gavia pacifica
Habitat
Fort Clatsop
Conservation
Secure
Juvenile and nonbreeding adult loons look very similar among species, leaving the species described by Lewis uncertain.
Journal References
8 journal entries mention Pacific loon
Jun
13
1804
Clark: June 13, 1804
... is a butifull place the Prarie rich & extinsive, Took Some Looner
Observations which Kept Cap L. & my Self up untill half past 11
oClock.
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13th June Wednesday...
Nov
11
1805
Clark: November 11, 1805
...t nation, one of those men had on a Salors
Jacket and Pantiloons and made Signs that he got those Clothes from the
white people who lived below the point &c. thos...
Nov
21
1805
Clark: November 21, 1805
...al, & which is most common, or the Skins of the Sea orter,
Loon, Swan, Beaver, Deer, Elk, or blankets either red, blu, or white,
which roabes cover the sholders a...
Mar
5
1806
Clark: March 5, 1806
... the Coast, the large grey Gull of the
Columbia, Comorant, loons of two Species, white and the brown brant, Small
and large Geese, small and large Swans, the Duck...
Mar
6
1806
Lewis: March 6, 1806
...the Coast, the large grey gull
of the Columbia, Cormorant, loons of two species, white, and the brown
brant, small and large geese, small and large Swan, the Duck...
Mar
7
1806
Clark: March 7, 1806
...hich he complaind of in that part.
There are two Species of Loons. 1st the Speckled loon found on every part
of the rivers of this quarter, they are the Same Size ...
Mar
7
1806
Lewis: March 7, 1806
...other fowls found in this quarter.
There are two speceis of loons. 1st the Speckled loon found on every part
of the rivers of this country. they are the same size ...
Mar
19
1806
Clark: March 19, 1806
...thers of the Skins of Deer,
panthor, Bear, and the Speckle Loon, and blankets wove with the fingers of
the wool of the native Sheep. and Some of those on the Sea ...