Migration

The COVID-19 pandemic slowed population growth in cities and spurred growth in rural America for the first time in a decade.

In January, a group of nordic skaters were on Lake Winnipesaukee when they came across something that shouldn’t have been there. Swimming on a small patch of open water were 10 loons. And they were stuck.

New Hampshire grew modestly over the last decade but lost population in some rural counties.

In Spring, Vermont is awash with migrant birds; sadly, we don't see many species in the Winter. However, there are occasional irruption migrations as…