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I first checked another favorite lake for loons that have had
chicks in the past. It was a beautiful morning as the sun came of the trees.
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found the loon pair with 2 chicks.
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But
I was quickly told by one of the loons to leave them alone.
So my loon shots were limited, but it was good to see that
they had two chicks. I’ll visit them later in the summer.
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A couple days later, went to another lake – one that I
haven’t been able to get very close to the loons. It was a foggy morning when I
got there and very calm.
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I was just paddling slowly around the lake – it’s a small
lake – looking for the loons. Then out of the fog a loon swam toward me. As it
got close, it started to squawk and tell me to back off.
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So I backed up and let the loon move away from me. In awhile
a couple loons flew in and joined the loon and another that appeared through
the fog.
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They gathered and spent some time together. After about 10
minutes, one of the visitors flew away. Then the other took off, this time
parallel to me. I was not close, but got a few photos of it taking off.
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That left the loon pair which swam sort of toward me. I got
this hazy photo of them in the fog.
Later they moved toward the north shore where I saw that they
had placed a chick along the shore. I decided it was time to leave them alone
with their chick. They were too far away to get any good photos of them with
the chick.
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Blog: Photos from past years
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