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The Mad Birders thank Eric Hanson

Seventeen Mad Birders turned out at the home of John and Sandra Reilly in Waitsfield, Vermont this past Saturday evening for an informative and entertaining evening about Common Loons.  Loon Biologist Eric Hanson of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies’ Loon Recovery Project gave a slide show and talk about loons and delighted Mad Birders with […]

Eric Hanson – Loon Biologist to speak at Mad Birders’ presentation of The Dark Side of the Loon

Eric Hanson – of the Vermont Loon Recovery Project- will present a slide show and talk as part of the Mad Birder’s upcoming showing of Gail Osherenko’s documentary: The Dark Side of the Loon.  Eric has been the Loon Biologist with the Vermont Center for Ecostudies’ Loon Recovery Project since 1998 and has studied loons […]

Mad Birders present The Dark Side of the Loon Saturday 4/24 at 7:30PM

The eerie calls and striking black and white plumage of the common loon captivate those of us who spend time on northern lakes and ponds between April and October. Then the loons disappear. Quiet descends. Where do they go? How do they survive in winter?  Common loons change their brilliant breeding plumage for dull feathers […]

Loon Party – Saturday, April 24, 7:30 PM at Reillys

Mad Birders will gather at 7:30 PM to watch Dark Side of the Loon, a documentary about where and how loons spend the winter.  Eric Hanson, a Vermont biologist studying loons, will join us to give us information about loon recovery in VT.  We will meet at Sandra and John Reillys, 220 Graves Farm Rd (at intersection of […]