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Cries in the Night: Banding Loons in the Adirondacks (NYS Conservationist)

August 22, 2015 By Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The cries from the loon chick were hard to ignore. Loud wails let everyone know its unease at being restrained, and its calls were getting its sibling-who was in my daughter's arms-upset. I helped my daughter stroke the baby loon's head and back of its neck in the manner we were … [Read more...] about Cries in the Night: Banding Loons in the Adirondacks (NYS Conservationist)

Snow Geese

November 18, 2014 By Eve (Bernard) Ticknor 2 Comments

Laura Smith and I spent several hours in the area of Point Au Roche, both State Park beach and cut down corn fields nearby. We were hoping to see Snow Geese and got more than imagined. Well, Laura did as I have seen huge numbers of them before. In the end we must have seen 30 - … [Read more...] about Snow Geese