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A Tiny Bird Makes a Big Splash
By Lauri Munroe-Hultman
Public Affairs/Congressional Affairs
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
North Atlantic-Appalachian Region
The last time a common loon hatched in southern Massachusetts, there were only 37 states in the U.S.; Ulysses S. Grant was President; and there was no such thing as a telephone. Yeah, it’s been a while.
So imagine the excitement one charcoal ball-of-fluff bobbing between its protective parents near Fall River has caused among those who have been working to bring this bird back for years.
Read the full story here.