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A Day in the Life of a Loon

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:53:21 +0000

I spent the better part of the morning today watching the loon family who nested on the island in front of my camp. The two adults swam, always at a distance from each other while two little loons followed closely behind on of the adults. The lake was quiet and from shore I could easily [...]

What is a Watershed?

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:16:29 +0000

Here are a couple of videos introducing the idea of a watershed. These videos deal with watersheds from a general viewpoint. In practice however, watersheds can be seen at different scales. Conway Lake for example sits at the bottom of its own watershed. As you may be aware however, Conway Lake is not the end [...]

Conway Lake in Autumn

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:28:00 +0000

The warm days of summer by now are a pleasant memory, running, jumping from the dock, boating and swimming. The warm waters of Conway Lake that cooled you off on even warmer August days are part of summer enjoyment on a New Hampshire lake. But as summer wanes seasonal changes begin. Lakes in New Hampshire [...]

Loon Egg : Country Ecology

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:47:28 +0000

By David Eastman, Country Ecology

When visiting the Loon Preservation Committee’s headquarters in Moultonborough, you might notice a new informational placard in their meeting room where videos are shown daily to audiences. Necropsies from dead loons in the past have previously shown some disturbing [...]