Nearly 40 years ago, the common loon was not so common. The birds were placed on the Vermont state endangered species list after shoreline development and poisonings from leaded fishing tackle drove their numbers down to just a handful of nesting pairs. Today, the state’s population has grown to 117 pairs and the birds are no longer endangered, due in […]
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