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Annual loon count needs counters in Hancock County
BAR HARBOR As signs of spring emerge, loons return from their wintering grounds to start raising families across Maine’s lake landscapes. That’s also a sign for Maine Audubon to begin gearing up for one of its signature events the Maine Annual Loon Count.
Scheduled for Saturday, July 17, from 7–7:30 a.m., this event has engaged more than a thousand volunteers for nearly four decades in a yearly census of Maine’s common loon population. Participants head out in skiffs, kayaks and pontoon boats to tally the loons they sight on more than 300 lakes across the state.
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Maine Audubon Annual Loon Count Set for July 17- Counters still needed for lakes in Franklin County
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Photo By Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer: A common loon readies to launch from Cupsuptic Lake, part of the Rangeley Lakes Heriteage Trust, on Saturday June 23, 2012
Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer
As the ice melts and signs of spring emerge, loons return from their wintering grounds to start raising families across Maine’s lake landscapes. That’s also a sign for Maine Audubon to begin gearing up for one of its signature events the Maine Annual Loon Count.