Monday, November 30, 2009

loon migration study



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I seldom see loons except in fall migration - I just don't travel to northern WI much. But I am VERY interested in seeing them in fall.

The folks at USGS in LaCrosse have a valuable ongoing study, with links to results at this url:
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/terrestrial/migratory_birds/loons/main.html

With progressively milder Novembers and milder early Decembers, I expect the earlier CBCs (those that fall before the last week of December) along the lakeshore to gradually produce more loon records. We'll see...

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