Our Mission at the CLPA
We are a 501-c-3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Canobie Lake thru education and working with the community. To view our list of current officers, click here.
The CLPA 2024 Membership Drive
Nesting Bald Eagles
Bald eagles can live to ~30 years old. They typically begin breeding between the ages of four and six. During the breeding season, the male and female will work together to build a nest from sticks. The nest will be located at the top of a tall tree and can measure up to eight feet in diameter. Once built, the eagles often go back to the same nest from year to year. Eagles typically mate for life. Should one of the mates die, the remaining mate will seek another partner.
The female lays one to three eggs, five to ten days after mating. Eggs are incubated by both the male and female, for about 35 days. The eaglet/eaglets typically remain in the nest for about 6 weeks before they go out on their own. Bald eagles don't develop their distinctive white head and tail until they are between four and five years old. An eagle's diet consists primarily of fish, occasionally other birds, small to medium mammals, turtles, and carrion.
Our Common Loon couple is in a "Platonic" relationship where coupled loons do not mate and just hang out together. If this is the same couple we had last year, the male is our original banded guy and the female is not our original gal. Loons are very territorial so they may be the same loons as last year. Let's hope they get together this year and have a successful chick.
“Loons are a migratory species that spend the breeding season on inland lakes and overwinter on the ocean. They arrive on their breeding lakes shortly after the ice goes out in the spring and remain late into the fall or early winter, often leaving for the ocean shortly before ice forms. Loons display high territory fidelity, and individuals typically return to the same breeding lake year after year. This often results in the same male and female loons pairing up and breeding together in consecutive years; however, contrary to popular belief, loons do not mate for life. If one member of a pair dies or is displaced by a rival, its mate will accept a new breeding partner.”
To learn more visit the Loon Preservation Committee site at loon.org/about-the-common-loon
Nesting Loons
Loons can't walk well on land, so we provide a loon nesting floating platform.