Loon Population

[xomycatsxo]

After reading this particular article, I'm not sure I totally agree. The start of that article states:

"using calls to locate owls or other secretive birds is unnecessary and not recommended"

I don't think I'd consider Loons to be 'secretive'. I don't really see the harm in it, after reading the cons (and considering all my research today that came up with nothing). It may be true w/ certain birds but when a Loon is in the water, just swimming around - I can't see any harm in it whatsoever. He's also not using tapes, he's using his hands and the sound is identical - which I know is comparable to tapes, but still different. He calls two or three times, I'm sure a tape is .. well, sounds like a broken one! Also, he almost always calls when we either 1) see them or 2) hear them out on the lake.

Thank you for the link - I appreciate the insight!

Originally Posted by Finder

I heard about it on a record of ,and about loon calls. This site has pros and cons of using recorded calls... http://wildlife.state.co.us/Colo_Wil...0to%20call.htm