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Originally Posted by Greene's Basin Girl
We now only have one adult male loon and one chick left.
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"One hundred and fifty feet" covers a lot of circumstances on Lake Winnipesaukee...
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Biologists say people should stay at least 150 feet away from adult loons and their chicks. Boat collisions are the greatest human-related cause of chick mortality and the third highest cause of adult loon mortality, following lead poisoning or injury from fishing tackle.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...QoI/story.html
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"Boat collisions"?
Does that mean propellers?
Ironic that Federal Park regulations keep people
one mile from Bald Eagle nests, and Bald Eagles are a major predator of Loon chicks.
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