MOULTONBOROUGH — On Tuesday, five iced-in loons were rescued on Lake Sunapee, about halfway between Loon Island Light and Blodgett’s Landing.
Loons can require close to a quarter-mile of open water to take flight, but these loons were trapped in two very small patches of open water.
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