The Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) biologists, Sam Merker, was last on Great East June 28th.  The news is not very good.  Only two loon pairs have nested, in the Scribner River and the second basin.  Both pairs are off the nest, with two chicks reported in the Scribner but only one chick was observed with it's parents in the large part of the lake on June 29th.  The second basin pair were observed without chicks and egg fragments were found in the nest.  It is not known if the egg/s were eaten or if the chick/s were lost after hatching.  There was no nest found in Copp Brook and the nesting site on Loon Island has not been used.  It is still possible for the loons to try again but it is getting late.

The Annual Loon count was held on Saturday July 17th.  View loon statistics from past years.