In
the last blog, I told of finding a loon on a natural nest. I went back
in
August to see how they were doing. As I mentioned, this was
at a wilderness lake.
It is a dammed
up stream and has many dead trees and stumps in it. That only adds to
the
natural beauty of the lake.
As
paddled around until I found the loons – only one chick survived this
year.
Here’s
a close up of the juvenile. It is in it’s juvenile ploomage
As I watched the juvie
decided to try to fly. It wasn’t
successful while I was watching, but it was fun to see the juvie give
it a try.
After
a while, I thought I had bothered the pair long enough
and said goodbye to them and kayaked out.