DUCKS, LOONS, GEESE~ARCHIVES

beans · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:43 pm

We need to post as many pictures as possible! In about two weeks, the whole family may move on. I am so happy with this cam because we have loons at the bird hospital. Common Loons, Red-throated Loons, and Pacific Loons. Thanks to this cam, I get to see them develop and grow up. They have very long feet, are excellent swimmers and divers, and can give you a nasty stab with their beak if you aren't handling them properly. I am very fond of these birds, and now I know more about them!

kittenface · **Posted:** Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:27 pm

Oh that was great video but it did make me want to run and help the little sweety up on the nest ( I think I can I think I can yep I can) :loveshow:

SusanE · **Posted:** Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:45 am

The pictures and videos are awesome, Beth & beans! :thanku

They just don't get any cuter than this! :loveheart2:

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:57 am

What a treat we have had with baby and parents...with the Common Loons they leave
the nest asap. Thanks to beans we can watch little one all winter :bow

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Jun 26, 2010 11:26 am

Oh Beth that is the cutest picture :smilegirl:

Beth · **Posted:** Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:00 pm

Update from the camhost-Jean

The adults and chick by Jean_T on 06/27/2010
Will spend less and less time on the nest as time goes by, perhaps a few more days to view them here. Afterward, they will spend the rest of the summer on the water, the chick hiding and resting in amongst the lily pads between feeding sessions with the adults. The chick will leave the lake around mid- to late-August, and the adults will migrate in September. The timing is different for the Common Loons, in that those chicks take longer to mature, so they leave their lakes after the adults migrate. If the Common Loon chicks hatch late in the season, they may not make it out before their lakes freeze up. After the live streaming is turned off here, I will continue to take snapshots which Cornell can post...

Beth · **Posted:** Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:15 pm

Well...the family has not been seen today at the nestsite, they might have left for good...

Here is the last photo I have - little one's foot, taken last night.

Be safe and happy Pacific Loon family :loveshow:

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:43 am

Beth, your pictures are so precious. That little one is about triple size since I last looked in 2-3 days ago.

Beth · **Posted:** Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:35 am

Thanks Susan...

Photo/update posted by the camhost yesterday...

Swam By

Jun 28, 2010 -
Though we have not seen the chick in the nest for a while, we got this image as he swam by briefly.
At almost two weeks old, this chick is just barely starting to develop his juvenile plumage.

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:41 pm

Pacific Loon cam is over for 2010...

Beth · **Posted:** Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:46 pm

Release of a Commonloon by Larry Backlund ~ MN blog...

http://www.mnbound.com/larrys-loon-blog/

Beth · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 4:55 pm

Sad news from JeanT -camhost- on 07/23/2010 03:49AM
Pacific Loon report.
As you may recall, one chick disappeared when it went for its first swim, presumably taken by a Bald Eagle. The last time I saw the remaining loon chick was on July 14, almost one month old. It was feeding constantly and growing quite large. The next time I checked with the shore camera on July 20, I noticed one of the adults staying at a spot near the north edge of the lake for quite a few minutes and looking toward the bulrushes, rather odd behavior. When I zoomed in, I could see a grey lump in the bulrushes near the adult. The adult finally swam away, fast, toward the other end of the lake and resumed normal activity. That same evening there were four adults on the lake, swimming together peacefully, and three the next day. This afternoon, when there were only two adults and still no chick visible, my husband and I canoed to the spot where I had seen the grey "lump" and immediately found the juvenile loon carcass floating at the edge of the bulrushes. I bagged it and took it to USGS where the local loon biologists have offices. I dropped it off at the lab where a necropsy will be done. I'll post again as soon as I get any results. Unfortunately, this is the first year that we have lost both chicks since the Connors Lake Loon Cam was started in 2003. We'll try again next year.

kittenface · **Posted:** Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:55 pm

Oh may this is terrible, so sorry to hear this please keep us updated
I completely forgot about them when the cam went down :oops:

beans · **Posted:** Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:22 pm

This is a happy story :loveheart:

Video: Canada Geese on the Mohawk River

Earlier this year we drove up to Oregon and stayed with friends who built a little house on the Mohawk River, just outside of Springfield.

Canada Geese were relaxing next to the Mohawk River on a summer's morning. Several families have formed a group. At least one adult is always on guard. Finally, the signal is given, and they all return to the water.

Branta canadensis

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:43 pm

Thank you beans! I have a nesting couple on our pond and watch
the geese every year ...

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 63313

Such a peaceful video!!! Thanks Beans...loved listening to the birds in the background...

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2010 2:32 pm

Beth,
I was just reading Larry's blog I didn't know that some of the Loons had transmitters on them.
I'm going to work but I'm going to go back and read it close and see where they are.

Beth · **Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2010 3:04 pm

Yes kitten, Larry helped tag Loon male #55480 and Loon male #55482

*Loon Migration Study - Latest tracking data 10/28, Sagatagan male (55480) drifting south on Lake Michigan. Three WI loons are on also Lake Michigan, and four remain home in Turtle Flambeau Flowage

Here is the link...

Loon #55482 didn't make it - died from Aspergillosis

Aspergillosis info link...

kittenface · **Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:26 pm

Thanks for the information I really didn't feel up tp reading tonight, my bones are killing me :-?

kittenface · **Posted:** Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:28 pm

UPDATE AT REGI ON THE LOONS :thumbup

( Photo: This Common Loon and a second loon not picture are both doing well.
They will soon be taking a private jet to the warm waters of Florida!)

We have exciting news on the Common Loon patients that have been with us for
several weeks. They are both doing well. Both are gaining weight and while they
continue to be tube fed to augment the calorie intake they are ready to be fishing
on their own again. Their stories are in the blog a few weeks ago, but the loon with
the fish hook is doing spectacularly! No one could have predicted this case would end
up so wonderfully. She is having another x-ray this afternoon.
That will be her last check before she sees the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico.
The other loon that came in with poisoning continues to improve daily and is also
making great strides. Now we just hope the Gulf of Mexico is healthy for them.
A generous company from Wausau, WI has offered to transport the loons for
us to Florida. We are so grateful!

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