2009 GROTON POND LOON REPORT

Nesting pair ( south)

Artificial nesting platform

Platform and floating warning signs put out April

Loons nested end of May

Hatched one chick end of June

One egg found abandoned in nest

Egg retrieved and given to Loon Biologist

Cause of failure unknown at this time

chick survived thru November, when survey ended

Darlene Sprague

VT LOON RECOVERY PROGRAM

VOLUNTEER

LAKE GROTON VT-