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Old 11-19-2014, 08:50 AM   #14
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Tis I wasn't close. Back on Feb, 2007 22 Common Loons got caught in ice on the Broads just north of Rattlesnake Island....17 of the 22 perished. So they can get caught in ice it has happened before. Hope not this year.

Here is the article:

http://www.concordmonitor.com/articl...ump-biologists

Let's hope it doesn't happen again!! That was awful. But really, I don't think you need to worry about the babies. We watched them each year we had one and they always left late, we always worried that maybe they couldn't fly or something too, but they always left. After a while we got used to it and knew to expect it. They are just reluctant.
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