Here’s your chance to visit a lake or pond during one of the year’s most important days for Common Loon conservation in Vermont: LoonWatch. On Saturday, July 18, volunteers will take to Vermont waters to count loons starting at 8 a.m. Surveys on most lakes require a boat of some kind, but a few can be surveyed from shore (look for one of the smaller lakes or ponds on the list below). Volunteers will report their survey results on Vermont eBird.
Below is a list of lake survey opportunities (organized by region). You can also download the lake list as a one-page PDF.
If you can join us to visit a lake (or two), contact VCE loon biologist Eric Hanson by email or by phone at (802) 586-8064. Here’s more information on LoonWatch.
2015 LoonWatch Opportunities
Lake |
Region |
Size (acres) |
Key to Regions |
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| Fairfield | cha-n | 446 | ec = East Central | |||
| Iroquois | cha-n | 243 | cha-n = Champlain Valley North | |||
| Abenaki | ec | 44 | gm-s = Green Mountains South | |||
| Mill (Windsor) | ec | 77 | nc = North Central | |||
| Minards | ec | 46 | nek = Northeast Kingdom | |||
| Norford | ec | 21 | wc = West Central | |||
| North Springfield | ec | 290 |
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| Round (Newbury) | ec | 30 |
Lake |
Region |
Size |
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| Runnemede | ec | 62 | Center | nek | 79 | |
| Cole | gm-s | 41 | Clyde | nek | 186 | |
| Grout | gm-s | 84 | Comerford | nek | 777 | |
| Howe | gm-s | 52 | Lewis | nek | 68 | |
| Stoughton | gm-s | 56 | Little Salem | nek | ||
| Stratton | gm-s | 46 | Norton | nek | 583 | |
| Buck | nc | 39 | Shadow (Concord) | nek | 128 | |
| Caspian | nc | 789 | South Bay | nek | 470 | |
| Dog (valley) | nc | 88 | Wallace | nek | 532 | |
| Great Hosmer | nc | 140 | West Mountain | nek | 60 | |
| Green River | nc | 554 | Wheeler | nek | 66 | |
| Hardwick | nc | 145 | Charleston (Charleston) | nek | 40 | |
| Hardwood | nc | 44 | Beebe (Hub) | wc | 111 | |
| Little Elmore | nc | 24 | Bomoseen | wc | 2360 | |
| Lower (Hinesburg) | nc | 33 | Burr | wc | 85 | |
| Mollys | nc | 38 | Hortonia | wc | 479 | |
| Mud (Morgan) | nc | 35 | Keeler | wc | ||
| Osmore | nc | 48 | Knapp Br1 | wc | 25 | |
| Parker | nc | 250 | Knapp Br2 | wc | 35 | |
| Ricker | nc | 95 | Little (Wells) | wc | 177 | |
| Sodom | nc | 21 | St. Catherine | wc | 883 | |
| Warden | nc | 46 | Sugar Hill Res. | wc | 63 | |
| Wrightsville | nc | 190 | Sunrise (Benson) | wc | 57 | |
| Sunset (Benson) | wc | 202 | ||||
| Tiny | wc | 29 | ||||
