Go Back   Winnipesaukee Forum > Winnipesaukee Forums > Winni Wildlife
Home Forums Gallery Webcams Blogs YouTube Channel Classifieds Calendar Register FAQDonate Members List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 06-28-2016, 01:36 PM   #1
DRH
Senior Member
 
DRH's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Meredith
Posts: 1,666
Thanks: 1,169
Thanked 655 Times in 173 Posts
Exclamation Injured Loon

We discovered yesterday a loon that had been floating near our shoreline for over 24 hours is injured. It has a fishing lure imbedded in its mouth and fishing line is wrapped around it's lower bill. It appeared to be lethargic and unable to dive.

Another neighbor and I contacted the Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) to report the loon, and I took a photo that showed the imbedded hook in the loon's mouth and emailed it to LPC.

About an hour later an LPC loon biologist and a helper arrived by boat to try to net the loon so the hook could be removed. Unfortunately, although the loon had appeared lethargic before their arrival and had not been diving, it was still able to dive and it eluded capture when they tried to net it.

The loon has not returned to our area. If anyone spots a loon in the West Alton area that appears to not be acting "normal", please use binoculars or a spotting scope and see if you can spot a fishing lure embedded in the loon's mouth that is visible on the left side of its face. If so, please contact the Loon Preservation Committee at 603-476-5666 and report your sighting. They would like to attempt another capture of this loon to remove the hook from its mouth.

Here are three photos:







__________________
DRH
DRH is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2016, 02:02 PM   #2
pjard
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Gilford, NH
Posts: 626
Thanks: 451
Thanked 184 Times in 97 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by DRH View Post
We discovered yesterday a loon that had been floating near our shoreline for over 24 hours is injured. It has a fishing lure imbedded in its mouth and fishing line is wrapped around it's lower bill. It appeared to be lethargic and unable to dive.

Another neighbor and I contacted the Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) to report the loon, and I took a photo that showed the imbedded hook in the loon's mouth and emailed it to LPC.

About an hour later an LPC loon biologist and a helper arrived by boat to try to net the loon so the hook could be removed. Unfortunately, although the loon had appeared lethargic before their arrival and had not been diving, it was still able to dive and it eluded capture when they tried to net it.

The loon has not returned to our area. If anyone spots a loon in the West Alton area that appears to not be acting "normal", please use binoculars or a spotting scope and see if you can spot a fishing lure embedded in the loon's mouth that is visible on the left side of its face. If so, please contact the Loon Preservation Committee at 603-476-5666 and report your sighting. They would like to attempt another capture of this loon to remove the hook from its mouth.

Here are three photos:







Where exactly in West Alton? Thanks for posting this.
pjard is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-28-2016, 02:49 PM   #3
DRH
Senior Member
 
DRH's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Meredith
Posts: 1,666
Thanks: 1,169
Thanked 655 Times in 173 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pjard View Post
Where exactly in West Alton? Thanks for posting this.
Yesterday the loon was between the West Alton sandbar and Minge Cove.
__________________
DRH
DRH is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:36 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.

This page was generated in 0.24456 seconds