Loon with chick

New Hampshire Loon Census

Loon Preservation Committee

  • July 1–July 31

This is an ongoing Citizen Science Experience. Contact the sponsoring organization to join in.

Family-Friendly

Yes

High Adventure

No

Setting

Outdoors

Description

Each year, the Loon Preservation Committee hosts an annual Loon Census to monitor New Hampshire's loons and their progress on lakes throughout the state. The invaluable data gathered from census observations are used as:

  1. a mid-season check on productivity,
  2. a mechanism for discovering unknown birds in each territory,
  3. a means to track movement of loons and define relationships between neighboring pairs, and
  4. a community based tool for generating interest and involvement in loons.

No pre-registration is required for the annual census (which usually takes place in mid-July). Visit program website for date, contact information, and downloadable census forms. 

Visit NH Loon Census

Volunteers can also contribute loon observations at other times during the loon season by visiting the Loon Preservation Committee's website:

LPC Field Volunteer Website

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