During summer and fall of 2014, Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), expanded their loon monitoring efforts to include Watchic Lake. With the help of local residents granting lake access, BRI captured and banded three adults on the lake, after they had chicks. Each adult has a unique set of color bands, which will enable BRI researchers to determine if the same adults return in future years, and if the same mates remain together. They also took blood samples from the loons, which
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