LOONS, DUCKS, GEESE, ETC ~ 2014-2024

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

Geese were on the raft this morning.
Small birds land on the handle all day.

Last year a muskrat we called Elon stopped by regularly

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

RAFT CONDOM
May 18, 2024
Canada goose pair were on nest acting like they chose it for their nest, so the loon people put a condom on the raft! They wrapped it in screening.

Boy are the geese mad! ;D

Another pair of geese has laid eggs on their other raft.

:egg11:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

May 29, 2024
The pair mated on the raft May 28th.

A lotta critters are seen on the raft.
Ducks, geese, turtles, rwb - and Elon - the muskrat

:biggrin:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

2 LOON CAMS
May 31, 2024

LPC New Hampshire May 10, 2024
This is the one I've been watching
no egg yet - we did see them mate
https://youtu.be/ANQ2BovpLVQ

Boulder Cove Loon Cam
May 31, 2024 First egg
June 3 Egg 2
https://youtu.be/S-QmMRsvFoY

:newegg:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

June 2, 2024
Loons mated for 2nd time.
Dad took a NEW female. Wonder why.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

June 4, 2024
Overnite a little Lady duck and her young nested on raft.
She was invaded by Goose family. Shecouldnt fend them off. They finally left.
Lady duck stayed til dawn.

June 3, They were gone most of the day,
came to raft about 1800 and mated.

:spingirl:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

EGG
June 17, 2024

She laid an egg! LPC CAM 2
https://youtu.be/l-UvMm-gi7U

Loon beeks at intruder
June 16
https://youtu.be/rhBh99bHcow

LPC LoonCam 1
Last nite a mama duck and about 8 babies nested on raft.
Something scared them away - dont know what.
A barred owl landed on loon raft about midnight this morning.

LPC LoonCam 2
https://youtu.be/HBinQcVnEx4

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Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

2 EGGS
LPC LoonCam 2
June 20, 2024

About 8 pm last nite the loon on cam / raft #2 laid a second egg.

We are over the moon!
The loon population needs to increase!
Too often one or both eggs are lost,
and/or one or both chicks are predated.

We are eggspecting a second egg on raft 1 today.
This is a new pair. Dad traded his mate for a newbie.

:dancingegg:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

2 EGGS
LPC LoonCam 1
June 21, 2024
Half past midnight this morning, egg 2 was laid.

Now LPC has 4 loon eggs,
2 on raft 1 and 2 on raft 2

:newegg:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

LPC LoonCam 1
June 26, 2024
One egg broke today on raft #1
https://youtu.be/77muYjSVLRw

BIG bass jumps up on raft curb
https://youtu.be/p35qnrlUuI0

:newegg:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

HATCH
Boulder Cove Loon Cam
June 26, 2024
New lil loon chick hatchs.
They are SO ACTIVE!
https://youtu.be/S-QmMRsvFoY

July 1 UPDATE
Boulder hatched one chick and left the other egg.
Both loons took chick to the nursery area where loons gather to raise young.

:hatchegg:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

Interesting Facts About the Common Loon
https://youtu.be/QuwPvq8Vh6g

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Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

July 1, 2024
So far 4 cams started with 8 eggs, 2 hatched one, left one .

Raft 1 lost an egg.
Raft 2 still has 2 eggs.
Boulder hatched one chick and left the other egg.
Fairlee hatched one chick and the other egg broke, dead chick.

If not for rafts, loons might go extinct.
THANK YOU LPC.

FAIRLEE UPDATE 6/30/2024: Hatch!
On June 29 at around 5pm, the first egg hatched revealing a beautiful baby loon.
The next day we all experienced joy and anxiety about the health of the chick and the fate of the second egg.

Today, we have confirmed that the second chick was stillborn. While disappointing that our second chick did not survive, it reminds us of how fortunate we are to watch and learn from our wild environment. The loon family vacated the nest this afternoon to move on to a nursery area nearby.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

Feeding baby
Vermont's Lake Fairlee
June 30, 2024
Egg 2 broke, no chick.
Parents swam off with one chick.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

The Last Goodbye
Fairlee June 30, 2024
https://youtu.be/SCIMgEgx_kM

Wailing sorrow over lost chick,
Rejoicing over surviving healthy chick,
Mom n Dad leave the raft for the last time.

Wails and tremelos are so haunting.

Next year LPC will build a new raft for Fairlee.

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

July 11, 2024

EAGLE
Raft 2 Last hope
2 eggs here
HATCH next week
Today female dove off- underwater FAST as an eagle landed on the shore behind the raft.

She wailed and wailed
After an hour the male came.

Raft 1
Egg 1 broke some days ago
Egg 2 broke today.
Loons on raft1 are gone.
Incubation was so sporadic, eggs alone so many hours, I never thot they'd hatch.
They went out to look and said the embryo had developed partially.

"hohum:

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

HATCH
July 15, 2024
Loon raft 2
Baby loon chick hatched.
Such ACTIVE chick!

Loon Chick Hatching
https://youtu.be/eh7UuTcT5ZQ

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

Raft 2
July 16 Loons left with 1 chick that hatched July 15

July 17 morning it appears egg 2 abandoned.
LPC collected egg and turned cam off.

Looncam Raft 2
Post Nest Exam
July 17, 2024
https://youtu.be/WOYhxYLb0cM

Tending loon chick
https://youtu.be/VrfMuJR7Npk

Loon Removing Broken Egg
https://youtu.be/3Ufxw7Wb9Bo

END OF SEASON

Shepherd · **Joined:** Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:10 pm **Posts:** 6033

Chick at One Month
Aug 9, 2024
We only see baby - parents werer off cam
https://youtu.be/c5kk4iNk7dY

Family together
August 11, 2024
https://youtu.be/vXf42pwvUbs

Its such a joy to be able to watch them all summer!
All other loon cams turn off as soon as the chick hatchs and family leaves nest.

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