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Tag Archives: birding
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
Posted in Cooper and Packrat, Hiking/Kayaking, Wildlife Geek Notes, Wildlife Sightings
Tagged birding, eagles, eaglet, kayaking, Wildlife, writing notes
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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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Tagged birding, Cooper and Packrat, eagles, eaglet, Wildlife
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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
Posted in Campground, Cooper and Packrat, Hiking/Kayaking, My Loon Watch 2016, Wildlife Geek Notes, Wildlife Sightings, writing notes
Tagged birding, Cooper and Packrat, kayaking, loon chick, Loon Watch, loons
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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
Posted in Campground, Cooper and Packrat, Hiking/Kayaking, My Loon Watch 2016, Wildlife Geek Notes, Wildlife Sightings, writing notes
Tagged birding, Cooper and Packrat, kayaking, loon chick, Loon Watch, loons, Wildlife
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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
Posted in Campground, Cooper and Packrat, Hiking/Kayaking, My Loon Watch 2016, Wildlife Geek Notes, Wildlife Sightings, writing notes
Tagged birding, Cooper and Packrat, loon chick, Loon Watch, loons, Wildlife
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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
Posted in Cooper and Packrat, Hiking/Kayaking, My Loon Watch 2016, Wildlife Geek Notes, Wildlife Sightings, writing notes
Tagged birding, Cooper and Packrat, kayaking, loon chick, Loon Watch, loons, Wildlife
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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
Posted in Campground, Cooper and Packrat, Hiking/Kayaking, My Loon Watch 2016, Wildlife Geek Notes, Wildlife Sightings, writing notes
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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Tagged birding, kayaking, Loon Watch, loons, Wildlife
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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
Mystery Bird in My Backyard
I had a new visitor to my feeders this week. Only one, not a flock or a pair. I was curious, so I quickly snapped a few photos and looked him up in my trusty bird book. I have to … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, Wildlife
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