Tag Archives: Wildlife

Groundhogs

The latest animal to visit my yard is this groundhog! They are one of the largest members of the squirrel family, weighing in at about thirteen pounds. Other names for them are woodchuck and whistlepig. They build really deep burrows … Continue reading

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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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Wildlife Geek Notes: Dragonfly Facts!

My first dragonfly sighting of the year happened this past Sunday. My husband and I were moving the kayaks, when I found this! This dragonfly isn’t eating the insect it’s clinging to. It has just crawled OUT of it, completing … Continue reading

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2020 Nesting Bald Eagles

Nesting to Hatching For two years, we watched a local eagle’s nest sit empty. There were signs of nesting each year; the adults brought sticks to the nest and green pine boughs. They sat on it often in February and … 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: Five Days After Hatching

My Summer With The Loons: Chick Cuteness Overload Warning! There are tons of chick photos within, it might prove to be too cute . . . July is a very, very busy month for a campground owner, and I wasn’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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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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