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Originally Posted by ITD
They have no way to catch them if they are healthy.
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In fact, loons are not all that hard to "capture". I went to a lecture at the Loon center and they explained the way they capture them for banding. They go out at night well after dark, in a boat. They shine a flashlight and , for some reason the loon will swim towards the light and are captured, banded and released.
Some loons are captured over and over again and end up wit a series on bands. The banding program is covered here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSfm9QZMkKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSWsrvQFQkA
Dozen of video's Just "google" Common Loon Night Banding
Interesting Loon fact..
•Loons are more closely related to penguins than to any North American waterfowl.
https://americanexpedition.us/common-loon-facts