increase font size Ask Maine Audubon: Help your local loons – slow down in that boat and get the lead out Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox. Share A common loon sits on a nest along the shore of Lake Auburn. Loons need to nest along the shore, and boaters can ruin a nest by not regulating their wake near the shore. Daryl Slover/Sun Journal Summer in Maine for many means it is time to head to the countless lakes and ponds around the state for rest, relaxation, and making babies! At least that last one is what our iconic common loons are doing, though there is definitely no rest or relaxation for them.