A pair of loons were seen on the Scribner a week before the ice was out on the main part of the lake.  This photo shows the South Cove loons  on the lake shortly before iceout.   -  April 22,2007  - Linda Schier

Erin O'Brian, the Loon Preservation Committee biologist assigned to Great East visited here on July 13th for the second time this summer. Twelve adult loons and three chicks were observed. There have been as many as 6 loon pairs on the lake this year with 3 pairs nesting.  2 pairs have been seen together in  the second basin and another pair in the narrows.  None of these have nested.

The Scribner pair has 2 healthy chicks born the end of June. We saw one chick diving with a parent this week.  The Loon Island pair didn't use the floating nest this year but did successfully hatch one chick on July 13th.  We saw the chick in the water, then on the parents back, then it disappeared under a wing. Erin visited both nest sites and gathered egg fragments which will be tested at the LPC.
As of July 13th the Copp brook pair is still on the nest.