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    • What's New on the Web Page
  • Lake Association
    • Overview >
      • Clearwater Lake Association
      • Mission Statement
      • The Legal Paperwork
    • Meetings >
      • Current Year
      • Prior Years
    • Membership Dues
    • Meet the Board
    • Recent and Upcoming Events
    • Crayfish Campaign
    • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Lake Health
    • Lake Health Overview
    • Lake Mgmt Plan >
      • Overview >
        • Calendar
        • Annual Recap
      • Lake Water Levels >
        • Goal and Plan
        • Ordinary High Water Level
        • Why do we get High
        • Ice Heaves
        • High Water Damage
      • Water Quality >
        • Goal and Plan
        • TSI
        • Secchi / Transparency
        • What is TSI
        • Prior Year Reports
        • Mercury
      • Aquatic Vegetation >
        • Goal and Plan
        • Survey Results and Comparison
        • Why and How to Survey
      • Invasive Species LMP >
        • Treatment >
          • GOAL AND PLAN
          • Treatment History
          • Invasive Maps
          • Treatment Notifice
          • DNR Milfoil Treatment Approval Process
        • Invasive Species >
          • Eurasian MilFoil
          • Rusty Crayfish
          • Curly-Leaf Pondweed
          • Buckthorn
          • Reed Canary Grass
    • Reports and Maps >
      • Lake Reports
      • Lake Maps
      • Aquatic Management Area
    • Historical Data >
      • Clearwater Loons >
        • Nesting Project
        • Loon History
        • Why Clearwater Loons Are Important
        • Loon Cam 2017
      • Lake Shore Mini-Grant >
        • Lake shore Mini Grant
        • Seminar Flier
        • News Release
        • Grant Gallery
        • Willow Wattle - DIY >
          • Willow Wattle Supplies
          • Willow Wattle Prep
          • Willow Wattle Install
    • What Can I Do
    • DNR and Other Resources
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Clearwater Loons

Lake Management Plan -




Clearwater Lake Loons

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  • Loon Cam 2017

Loon babies have hatched.


PLEASE Boat and Jet Ski with care.



Loon Tracking

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Nine (9) platforms were placed
on the lake May 2, 2024.


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The loons are back within
days of Ice Out! 
How do they know?
Turns out they "hang out" on the Mississippi doing daily flybys.  They can land on a small amount of water, however they must have a good stretch to to take off.  Once they see they have enough water to take off they come home to us.
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Clearwater Lake Loon Data

Year

Loons Back on the Lake

Eggs Laid

Chick to survive to Fall

2000

April 10

-

-

2001

April 21

-

-

2002

April 17

-

-

2003

April 14

-

-

2004

April 16

-

-

2005

April 11

-

-

2006

April 7

-

-

2007

April 23

-

-

2008

April 25

10

7

2009

-

9

4

2010

-

12

10

2011

April 21

13

6

2012

-

16

9

2013

May 8

14

7

2014

April 27

12

7

2015

April 7

12

3

2016

 

13

7

2017

April 2

14 

 

2018

April 28

17 

 

2019

April 23

21 

11 

2020

April 16

18 

9 

2021

April 2

18 

11 as of 6/11 

2022

May 2

 18 laid / 13 hatched

 7

2023

May 2

 9 eggs

 5

2024

Early April

 19 eggs, 11 hatched Chicks

 

2025

April 6

 

 

Loon Eggs

Loons usually lay 1 or 2 eggs per season. The normal incubation period is 26 - 29 days. The eggs are brown with dark splotches.  

It is not common to have 3 eggs in a nest. It has been recorded 6 times with the Clearwater Loon Project.  In 2024 is we had a platform with 3 eggs that all hatched.  This is the first year for triplets since tracking began in 2000.

Loons DO leave the nest to feed, so do not assume the nest has been abandoned and NEVER take the eggs!  

If the eggs do not hatch and go rancid, Jeff has permission to remove the eggs so they can be sent in for toxicology testing.

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Turn In Poachers

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Clearwater Forest Camp

Since 1954, Clearwater Forest has served as a retreat center and summer camp.  They are owned and managed by Presbyterian Clearwater Forest, Inc.  Clearwater Forest is an important resident on our lake.  With 4+ miles of lake shore and over 1000 acres around  Clearwater, everyone benefits from their mission statement "... be a faithful steward of God’s creation."

To lean more, go to clearwaterforest.org.
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