HAGUE â Three loons which were sitting ducks for the appetite of nearby eagles were rescued from Lake George on Feb. 14 in an operation coordinated by the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation.
Local residents and birders a week ago Sunday near Hague, Warren County, contacted Nina Schoch, executive director of the Ray Brook-based Loon Center, to report the loons swimming in a small hole in the ice on Lake George. Eagles had already absconded with a fourth loon, and one was sitting at the edge of the ice monitoring the three others.
The loons found themselves in peril because of ice that formed quickly.
Icy loon rescue on Lake George
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Feb 23, 2021
SARANAC LAKE The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation announced that it successfully coordinated a rescue of three adult loons who were iced-in on Lake George. On Sunday afternoon, local residents and birders contacted Dr. Nina Schoch, the executive director of the Loon Center, to report the loons swimming in a small hole in the ice. Eagles had already absconded with a fourth loon, and one was sitting at the edge of the ice watching the other three loons closely.
“That area of the lake had just iced up last week. With the relatively mild winter, the loons were likely wintering over on Lake George when the below-zero weather trapped them by quickly forming ice,” said Dr. Schoch. “At this time of the year, loons are molting into their breeding plumage and are often flightless because their wing feathers have not yet grown back in. Thus, they are unable to fly if the ice forms quickly and they get trapped.”
Feb 19, 2021 A flightless loon squawks at the man who netted it Sunday on Lake George, rescuing it from eagles.
(Provided photo â E. George) An eagle, at right, waits to feast on three flightless loons iced into a small area of open water on Lake George Sunday.
(Provided photo â G. and M. Chapman)
An eagle, at right, waits to feast on three flightless loons iced into a small area of open water on Lake George Sunday.
(Provided photo â G. and M. Chapman) SARANAC LAKE The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation successfully coordinated a rescue of three adult loons who were iced in on Lake George.
Scooping up a common loon on Lake George Sunday, Feb. 14 (Photo provided)
Volunteers get ready to rescue three common loons on Lake George Sunday, Feb. 14. (Photo provided)
SARANAC LAKE The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation is very pleased to announce that it successfully coordinated a rescue of three adult loons who were iced-in on Lake George. On Sunday afternoon, Feb. 14, local residents and birders contacted Dr. Nina Schoch, the executive director of the Loon Center, to report the loons swimming in a small hole in the ice. Eagles had already absconded with a fourth loon, and one was sitting at the edge of the ice watching the other three loons closely.
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