BRI Loon Translocation Work Featured on US Fish & Wildlife Service Site

A Tiny Bird Makes a Big Splash 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. By Lauri Munroe-Hultman Public Affairs/Congressional Affairs U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service North Atlantic-Appalachian Region

By |2021-09-16T10:46:35-04:00July 15, 2020|
Read More

First Successful Loon Nesting in Southern Massachusetts in a Century

Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) announces the successful results of its long-term loon translocation and restoration project Restore the Call: A male loon chick that was translocated in 2015 from the Adirondack Park Region of New York to the Assawompsett Pond Complex (APC) in southeastern Massachusetts returned in 2018 to the region from which it fledged, and now in 2020 has formed a territorial pair, nested, and successfully hatched a chick in Fall River, Massachusetts. The identification of this loon (through color bands) marks the first confirmed nesting pair in southern Massachusetts in more than a century.

By |2021-01-21T14:56:42-05:00July 8, 2020|
Read More

Our mission is to assess emerging threats to wildlife and ecosystems through collaborative research, and to use scientific findings to advance environmental awareness and inform decision makers.

Biodiversity Research Institute

276 Canco Road‚ Portland, ME 04103

Phone: 207-839-7600

Fax: 207-887-7164

Email: bri@briwildlife.org

BRI in the News

Newsletter Signup: Click here to sign up!

© 2021 Biodiversity Research Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit

Go to Top