loons

The loon family continues to do well.  The lake has been quite busy lately but it appears that the loons head for the south end of the lake during the busy times.  You still should be on the lookout for them when on the lake.  The chick is 61/2 weeks old and is loosing it’s […]

As of this morning the loon family appears to be doing well (see photo).  The chick is almost a month old and is learning to dive and, hopefully, fish.  Be sure  to look out for the loons when you are on the lake.  The adults are starting to leave the chick alone, and it is […]

Mike Meyer of WDNR  responded with the following information:  “Chicks of that age have been documented to be taken by eagle predation, aquatic predators such as snapping turtles, pike, and bass, other loons, and disease.  Siblicide also occurs, as we have documented fighting amongst even very small loon chicks.  We lose 15-25% of chicks between […]

Today we confirmed that one of the loon chicks has disappeared.  Yesterday one of the residents reported that she saw the 2 adults but only one chick.  This morning we saw both adults dive and leave only 1 chick on the surface so it appears that something has happened to one of them.  No one […]