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June and July is
the breeding and chick raising season on the lake. Please keep your distance
while watching Loons with or without chicks! During the summer, a nesting
area at the south end of the lake is marked off with white signs. Lake Groton is fortunate to have a
Loon volunteer monitor, Darlene Sprague. Darlene, who lives on West Shore
Road, monitors the Loon activity on the Lake, especially the breeding
activities. Darlene has been active in this role since 1997. Note that as of
the end of 2019, Groton Pond has raised 25 loon chicks successfully that have
survived through the end of summer and into the months of migration. South end pairs raised 17 Chicks from 13
successful nest and 3 nests failed.
North end pairs raised 8 Chicks from 6 successful nests and 3 nests
failed. Groton Lake is way above
average in chick and nest success! If you see any activity you suspect
is harmful to the Loons or have any questions on their behavior, please
contact Darlene at 584-3030. Other contacts are Warden Mark Schicktle at 222-4680 and Loon You may find the following
information of interest: Call's in the Wilderness, a
poem by Darlene Sprague. Diary of a Volunteer (An article by Darlene Sprague from
the Vermont Loon Caller) Follow
Up Article on the Dead Loon Chick.
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