Loon Preservation Committee biologist John Cooley releases one of the six rescued loons on the ocean at Odiorne Point. Photo courtesy of the Loon Preservation Committee. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Loon Preservation Committee biologist Caroline Hughes prepares to release one of the six rescued loons on the ocean at Odiorne Point. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LOON PRESERVATION COMMITTEE)
Loon Preservation Committee biologist John Cooley releases one of the six rescued loons on the ocean at Odiorne Point. Photo courtesy of the Loon Preservation Committee. (COURTESY PHOTO)
Loon Preservation Committee biologist Caroline Hughes prepares to release one of the six rescued loons on the ocean at Odiorne Point. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LOON PRESERVATION COMMITTEE)
MOULTONBOROUGH — Cold weather following the Dec. 17 snowstorm caused many of New Hampshire’s lakes and ponds to ice over, stranding six loons that had not yet left for their wintering grounds on the ocean.
“Loons are heavy-bodied birds with relatively small wings, which means that in order for them to become airborne, they need a long stretch of open water to act as a runway,” says Harry Vogel, Senior Biologist and Executive Director of the Loon Preservation Committee. “When lakes ice over rapidly, as we saw with the recent snowstorm and cold, loons can become trapped.” If not rescued, iced in loons may starve to death or be predated.
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