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Common Loon vs Fishing Lure

By Mia McPherson|February 12th, 2025|Categories: Common Loons, Environment, Fishing Line Dangers, Salt Lake County|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, Common Loon, danger, discarded fishing tackle, fishing gear, fishing hook, fishing line, fishing lure, Gavia immer, injury, loon, loons, park, pond, spring, urban, water, waterbirds, Willow Pond|

Discarded fishing lures and other tackle can injure, strangle, and kill birds. I don't know how the story ended for this hooked Common Loon.

Injured Birds

By Mia McPherson|August 27th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Double-crested Cormorants, Florida, Northern Gannets|Tags: cormorant, cormorants, Double-crested Cormorant, fishing hook, fishing line, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, gannet, gannets, injured, injured birds, Morus bassanus, Nannopterum auritus, Northern Gannet, Pinellas County, rescue groups|

Many people volunteer at bird rescue groups, donate time or money to help the injured birds. The rescue groups provide a safe haven for birds to recover before being released back into the wild.

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