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The Lone Loon Fallacy

August 3, 2009UncategorizedBirds, boating, conservation, loon, Nature conservation, Notes from the North CountryGreg Laden

And now, for another installment in our series: How The Loon Terns, an exercise in skeptical thinking using Loons as a waterbird touchstone. (In case you missed it, the previous installment was here.)
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Lead Poisoning and Loons: A skeptical look

August 2, 2009Uncategorizedbird, bird conservation. lead poisoning, Birds, loon, Minnesota, Minnesota lakes, Nature conservation, Notes from the North CountryGreg Laden

This is the continuation of a discussion of loons, skeptically viewed. I am not skeptical about loons themselves. I know they exist. In fact, I just spent the last half hour watching Mom and Dad loon (whom I cannot tell apart, by the way) feeding Junior I and Junior II (whom I also cannot tell apart) what I have determined to be mostly crayfish, but also the occasional minnow.

In this installment of How the Loon Terns we will look at breeding success.
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