Loon Chicks

Greene's Basin Girl · 08-23-2014, 03:04 AM

I went to the Loon Preservation's annual meeting on Thursday evening. There are 22 or 24 ( can't quite remember) chicks surviving at the present time on Lake Winnipesaukee. Squam Lake has one chick. Squam has a number of problems with chemicals running into it from tributaries. Plymouth State is trying to pinpoint the source of the chemical runoff.

tis · 08-23-2014, 06:44 AM

Are your two still ok, or did you lose one GBG?

Merrymeeting · 08-23-2014, 08:40 AM

Merrymeeting has its first chick in several years. So far so good and growing larger quickly.

tis · 08-23-2014, 10:56 AM

Yea, Merrymeeting! So glad to hear that. Have the loons been there but just didn't have chicks?

Merrymeeting · 08-23-2014, 01:43 PM

Yes, they've been here. But the past few years the predators (usually raccoon) have raided the nests and taken the eggs before they hatched, or the nests have been abandoned, most likely because the eggs were not viable.

Greene's Basin Girl · 08-23-2014, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

Are your two still ok, or did you lose one GBG?

The chicks in the basin are fine. They are getting so big. Thanks for asking.

08-23-2014, 03:04 AM	#1
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	I went to the Loon Preservation's annual meeting on Thursday evening. There are 22 or 24 ( can't quite remember) chicks surviving at the present time on Lake Winnipesaukee. Squam Lake has one chick. Squam has a number of problems with chemicals running into it from tributaries. Plymouth State is trying to pinpoint the source of the chemical runoff.

08-23-2014, 06:44 AM	#2
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,841 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,474 Times in 1,029 Posts	Are your two still ok, or did you lose one GBG?

08-23-2014, 08:40 AM	#3
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,228 Thanks: 305 Thanked 802 Times in 369 Posts	Merrymeeting has its first chick in several years. So far so good and growing larger quickly.

08-23-2014, 10:56 AM	#4
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,841 Thanks: 764 Thanked 1,474 Times in 1,029 Posts	Yea, Merrymeeting! So glad to hear that. Have the loons been there but just didn't have chicks?

08-23-2014, 01:43 PM	#5
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,228 Thanks: 305 Thanked 802 Times in 369 Posts	Yes, they've been here. But the past few years the predators (usually raccoon) have raided the nests and taken the eggs before they hatched, or the nests have been abandoned, most likely because the eggs were not viable.

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