The Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) with many volunteers conducts an annual loon census in July that provides a mid-season check on NH loon populations.  Thanks to Dave Nordengren and Dee Kasprzak for their help with this year’s census.  Great East is a large lake and many people are needed to do the census properly. A total of eleven adult loons and two chicks were counted this year.  There were three nesting pairs this year, Scribner River, Loon Island and Second Basin. Only the Scribner pair hatched chicks. The two chicks thrived and grew into juveniles, but on several different occasions in early September only one juvenile was seen with its parents. Many thanks to Sam Merker , the dedicated  LPC biologist assigned to Great East and volunteers Sue Bixby, Dave Nordengren, Charles Crespi and Donald Bell who provide valuable information about the nesting pairs in their areas during the spring and summer.