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Originally Posted by secondcurve
Steve:
Thanks for the post, it is interesting. While the story is sad, I wouldn't worry too much about it. This is nature's way of weeding out the weak. Fortunately, there are pleny of loons in our region.
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Steve A's article says that loons are in decline and need to be put on the "threatened-species" list.
The lake's local expert said "The death of 17 adults is ''a huge loss'' to the population". Since loons return to the same breeding sites each year, Vogel is undoubtedly right about "a huge loss".
The lake froze over very late this year, and loons lingered. When the long open water runways froze up one after the other, they were doomed.