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2020 Nesting Eagles Bald Eagles
Eaglet Counting: One or Two? In my last post on the eagle family, I’d happily reported at least one egg hatched, as I showed off photos of the little one. The way the adults were acting though, bending low often … Continue reading
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2016 Loon Watch: The Last Visit
My Summer With The Loons: Lazy Fall Days Once school started, I didn’t get out on the lake as often. But when I did, the fall foliage views were amazing! I never knew where the loon family would be. Sometimes … Continue reading
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2016 Loon Watch: Late August
My Summer With The Loons: Hoot Behavior Late August, the weekend before Labor Day Weekend, I found a chance to kayak out again with my friend Cindy. This time, it was so foggy, we could barely see beyond the front … Continue reading
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2016 Loon Watch: The Chick Grows
My Summer With The Loons: Little Loon Is Two Weeks Old In my last blog post, I’d visited the loon family on July 16th when the chick was only 5 days old. There wasn’t a morning after that, I didn’t … Continue reading
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2016 Loon Watch: Hatching Day!
My Summer With The Loons: Will there be chicks? On a rainy July 10th, 2016, exactly 27 days after laying two olive colored eggs, the adult loon on the nest reared back to turn them. I very clearly saw pips … Continue reading
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2016 Loon Watch: The Week Before Hatching
My Summer With The Loons: Week 4 In the final days before (what I’d calculated to be) 2016’s loon hatching day, something felt a little different. I was going out in my kayak at the same time. Sitting in the … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, Cooper and Packrat, kayaking, Loon Watch, loons, Mystery on Pine Lake, Wildlife
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2016 Loon Watch ~ Nesting Weeks Two and Three
My Summer With The Loons: Weeks Two and Three During the second and third weeks of monitoring the loons nesting period, I got into a routine. I’d paddle out at 6am to see them, coasting the last fifty yards or … Continue reading
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2016 Loon Watch ~ My Summer With the Loons
My Adventure Begins My story begins back in May, 2016. School was in session, we owned the campground and it had just opened, aaaand I struggled to find writing time for Cooper and Packrat’s fourth adventure, Mystery of the Bear … Continue reading
Baltimore Orioles
Nature’s Amazing Weavers! Baltimore Orioles are one of my favorite birds and I watch for them every spring. My Grandmother liked to tell me a story about how my Grandpa would stand under their blossoming crab apple tree in the … Continue reading
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Painted Turtles
Find a Turtle Far From A Lake? Let It Be! Painted turtles’ bright red and yellow markings make them fun to photograph, especially when you get reflection photos in the water. They’ll grow to 4 to 10 inches and have … Continue reading
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