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Rescues and Release (Continued) and into the Rocky Narrow and Turtle Cove. Rangers split up and stayed out and within viewing distance of both chicks for a couple of hours and observed nothing but happy chicks enjoying the lake. One Ranger went back out before dark and found both chicks had stayed separate and in somewhat the same local last seen. We shall continue to watch and report. This is a momentous event as there have been few occasions that chicks raised in captivity and banded are returned to their natal lake instead of being released to the ocean or to a translocation project. It is our hope that the loon’s natural instinct will return them to their natal lake in a

year or two and then when they reach mating age, and that by spending the remainder of the fall back on our Lake that instinct will be further imprinted on them. By having both chicks banded, we shall be able to monitor for their return in the coming years. Enjoy these videos of the release: ● https://youtube.com/shorts/CpQf WHw6GU?feature=share ● https://youtu.be/7ul1vulSdYc Sharon Young Little Sebago Loon Monitoring & Conservation

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