![]() ![]() After multiple days of heavy rain, the lake level had increased, creating a current that had apparently washed the loon over the North Pond dam and down Nubansuit Brook. On July 14, Dave Birchenough and Judi Lang were walking on the footbridge near the Eastview Trail parking area when they spotted an unusual sight: an adult loon in the brook below. ![]() The dramatic rescue spanned three days, and included several lengthy searches for the bird - amid increasingly unlikely odds of finding it alive - along Harris Center-conserved land on roaring Nubanusit Brook a half-mile carryout through the woods once the loon was finally found an overnight stay at Wings of the Dawn Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and, finally, a release back to its waiting mate and chicks on Lake Skatutakee. Last month, Harris Center staff and volunteers worked with Loon Preservation Committee (LPC) biologists to rescue an adult loon that had been swept over the Skatutakee Lake dam in Harrisville during a period of very high water. ![]()
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