loon

A fire department came to the rescue of a loon on a frozen pond in Maine over the weekend. The problem for the birds at this time of the year is that ice can leave them without enough of the open water they need to take off. Because of the ice, the loon couldn’t take flight from Tacoma Lake....

Maine’s population of loons appears to be continuing to grow, but bird counters in the state said they also noticed a steep drop in the number of loon chicks. Common loons are beloved by wildlife watchers, and Maine is home to the largest population of the sharp-billed birds in the eastern United States. Loons are listed as a species...

After a months-long investigation, wildlife officials in Maine believe a bald eagle was stabbed and killed by another bird in a first-of-its-kind documented animal attack. “Wow” is the word wildlife biologist Danielle D’Auria at Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife used to describe a bald eagle being stabbed through its heart by a loon last September. “Word got...

After a months-long investigation, wildlife officials in Maine believe a bald eagle was stabbed and killed by another bird.