LoonWatch provides fact sheets, videos, signs, activities, and more to help you spread the word about loon conservation. We can customize materials or help you design your own educational program. Contact LoonWatch for details.
LoonWatch Fact Sheets (.PDF file format):
Artificial Nesting Platforms: Do they spell success for loons?
Looking for Loons
Living with Loons
Common Loon Facts and Phenology
Protecting Loons
Loon Appreciation Week poster
LoonWatch commemorates each Loon Appreciation Week, held the first full week of May, with an artistic and educational poster. Cost: $6.00 for postage and handling. Posters from 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, or 2002 posters are available to order on the Merchandise page.
Loon Wild Card
This 3" X 2.5" informational trading card about the Common Loon is part of the Wisconsin Wildcards series created by Wisconsin Departement of Natural Resouces and UW-Extension. Loon facts are on the back.
Loon Alert Sign
LoonWatch produces and distributes Loon Alert Signs designed for posting at public boat landings, marinas, or resorts. We hope that people who use lakes for water skiing, fishing, or other activities see the signs as they are launching their boats and become aware that loons need space while on nest and on the water. Cost: $5.00. Order on the Merchandise page.
Loon Notes: A citizen's guide to loon preservation
This booklet, written in the style of a daily journal, records a loon watcher's observations from ice-off in the spring until the loons leave in the fall. Space at the back gives readers a chance to record their own loon notes. Cost: $5.00. Order on the Merchandise page.
Get the Lead Out! Display
Help us educate anglers about the fatal impact of lead fishing tackle on loons and others wildlife by displaying information about this issue at your next meeting or event. The display is light weight and easily shipped through the mail. Informational handouts are included. You or your group are only responsible for return shipping costs.
Loon Activity Box
This educational kit is an experiential adventure focusing on participatory and personalized learning. Inside the box are a variety of activities and associated materials for teachers and students to learn about loon biology, ecology, and environmental issues. All contents have a planned activity, but can also be tailored to fit your classroom environment. Teacher-directed activities and discussions and student-directed station stops define the box's overall structure. Within all the activities are included student learner outcomes and a driving question. The Loon Activity Box comes complete with a teacher's guide. Activities are most suitable for grades K-6, but some activities may be applicable to older age groups.
Cost: $50.00/week rental fee, plus return shipping and insurance costs (approx. $10.00). Box can be shipped anywhere in the continental U.S. Contact LoonWatch to order.
Videos
Loons: This 31-minute video follows the story of a family of Common Loons from the day the adults return to their traditional nesting island to the day they lead the chicks away. The images are accompanied only by natural sounds. Appropriate for anyone interested in the behavior of Common Loons. Produced by Peter Roberts Productions. Cost: $10.00 rental fee. Order on the Merchandise page.
Wild Voices, Quiet Waters: A 55-minute video that follows loons and other species that share its summer home. You will see beavers, ospreys, and herons from a loon's perspective. Witness loons raising their young while managing with such problems as predators, and increasing numbers of summer tourists. Appropriate for young adults and adults. Produced by Survival Anglia. Cost: $10.00 rental fee. Order on the Merchandise page.