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Loon counters find more chicks but fewer adults in Maine

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation December 13, 2022

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Maine’s annual census of loons found more chicks this year but slightly fewer adult birds. Maine Audubon conducts a loon count every year. The state has the largest population of the birds on the East Coast and has sought to protect them with environmental laws in recent years. Common loon with chick. Photo by Margaret Gompper, file The adult loon estimate fell from 3,446 to 3,057 this year, Audubon said in a statement on Monday. That was... + full article



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