Posted on 06/26/2021 5:58:21 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife is asking boaters and anglers to enjoy loons from a safe distance this summer.
Vermont Wildlife biologist Doug Morin says most areas where loons are nesting on Vermont’s lakes are surrounded by signs reminding people to give loons the space they need, but not all are marked.
“We’re asking people to view loons using binoculars rather than from up close, whether they are in a boat, a canoe or a kayak,” he said in a statement.
Eric Hanson of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies says most people are respectful of nesting loons and give them space, but people sometimes inadvertently harm loons without meaning to.
“Loon chicks can be difficult to see, so we ask motorboaters to note where loon families are and to avoid those areas,” said Hanson. “We also ask that motorboaters obey ‘no wake’ laws within 200 feet of shorelines because boat wakes can flood and destroy shoreline loon nests.”
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Wher I grew up in Boston, there was a State Mental Hospital near our community.
We were always taught to steer clear of loons.
The loons are in Burlington, Montpellier, and Brattleboro. With lighter concentrations elsewhere.
I told my next door neighbor about the baby robin that was sitting on one of her porch chairs yesterday, and I told her she could look at the bird through her entryway windows without disturbing the bird and its mother.
So NATURALLY she walked out onto the porch...
Better give this loon some space, it needs more than usual.
BTW, use Clear Eyes Drops, it removes the burn:)
Does anyone still blame the bent one for his roaming?
How about this hog as a second term President? That would scare even Putin.
Sorry, I should have posted a warning before that pix.
I have about 20 loons outside my office building every day.
Japanese poem...
Out in the marsh reeds, a loon cries in pain
as if having remembered
something better forgotten.
American poem...
Down in Savannah, a barge cries in pain
as if having remembered potatoes
from Kennehbunk Maine.
Yes, all the Vermont loons, or just the ones with feathers?
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