Figure 2.

Summary of Common Loon breeding

activity in Vermont, 1978-2022

140 140
2022: 106 nesting pairs
Number of territorial and nesting pairs and chicks surviving

130 88 chicks surviving 130

139 territories
120 120
92 territories
110 110
60 chicks surviving
100
2010: 72 nesting pairs 100

90 90
23 territories
80 17 chicks surviving 80

70 1983: 7 nesting pairs 1994: 14 nesting pairs

70
9 chicks surviving
60 12 territories 60

50 50

40 40
Total known and potential
30 territorial pairs

20 Nesting pairs

10 Chicks surviving

0
1980

1983

1986

1991

1995

2001

2004

2010

2013

2016

2018

2021
1978
1979

1981
1982

1984
1985

1987
1988
1989
1990

1992
1993
1994

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000

2002
2003

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

2011
2012

2014
2015

2017

2019
2020

2022
 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Total known and pot 21 28 24 24 12 17 16 15 15 16 19 21
Nesting pairs 16 18 15 19 7 8 10 10 12 12 14 14
Chicks surviving 12 14 15 14 9 6 13 13 11 9 17 15

1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Nesting pairs 16 18 15 19 7 8 10 10 12 12 14 14
Chicks surviving 12 14 15 14 9 6 13 13 11 9 17 15
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
19 20 23 23 30 31 37 40 42 48 49 59 64 64 72
15 16 15 14 19 21 26 30 33 38 38 40 44 43 53
14 13 13 16 19 22 25 30 36 44 47 40 45 44 57

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
15 16 15 13 19 21 26 30 33 38
14 13 13 16 19 22 25 30 36 45
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
77 82 84 90 92 98 103 106 110 112
58 62 61 66 72 72 70 81 84 87
56 56 55 74 70 60 66 71 62 69
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
117 118 123 129 135 137 139
93 97 91 101 96 109 106
80 92 73 87 75 84 88
 Figure 2. Summary of Common Loon breeding activity in
Vermont, 1978-1999

45

40 40
Number of territorial and nesting pairs and chicks surviving

35

30 30

25

20 20

15

10 10

Total known and potential terri-

torial pairs
5
Nesting pairs

Chicks surviving
0
78

80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

96

98
19

19

19

19

19
19

19

19

19

19

19

Data for 1980 were incomplete