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Title: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 02, 2021, 12:05:29 PM
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Cornell photo


Mousseaubay-looncam Live Stream
She had 2 eggs  2021 - didnt hatch
https://youtu.be/UcAaY80GYnM

The penguin is the closest relative to the loon!

Title: Re: Loons
Post by: shep on June 02, 2021, 12:06:38 PM
LPC Loon
New Hampshire

Cam 1
https://youtu.be/lycw03pV-So

Loony news  :)
https://loon.org/newsletter
Title: Re: Loons
Post by: shep on June 07, 2021, 09:50:43 AM
June 7, 2021
The Mousseaubay Minnesota loons eggs are at 40 days, so they expect this pair will re-nest with another clutch.  37 days is expected hatch

Title: Re: Loons
Post by: shep on June 14, 2021, 03:58:02 PM
Tobin Island Loon Cam
Canada - north of Detroit
2 eggs
https://youtu.be/6Y2D6Xr89UQ

Title: Re: Loons
Post by: shep on June 16, 2021, 08:42:12 AM
Mousseaubay
The loon pair gave up on these eggs
Mod thinks they will re-nest
https://youtu.be/UcAaY80GYnM

LPC loons
The 2 eggs should hatch in the window of June 19-23'rd

Saturday, July 17th 2021 Each year, LPC hosts an annual Loon Census to monitor New Hampshire's loons and their progress on lakes throughout the state. The invaluable data gathered from census observations are used as: a mid-season check on productivity, a mechanism for discovering unknown birds in each territory, a means to track movement of loons and define relationships between neighboring pairs, and a community based tool for generating interest and involvement in loons.
https://loon.org/events
Title: Re: Loons
Post by: shep on June 17, 2021, 12:29:49 PM
Otter visits loon nest
This is nice
https://youtu.be/8DrE6nronPc
Title: Re: Loons
Post by: PeepSpy on June 17, 2021, 01:22:55 PM
Mousseaubay
The loon pair gave up on these eggs
Mod thinks they will re-nest
https://youtu.be/UcAaY80GYnM

LPC loons
The 2 eggs should hatch in the window of June 19-23'rd

Saturday, July 17th 2021 Each year, LPC hosts an annual Loon Census to monitor New Hampshire's loons and their progress on lakes throughout the state. The invaluable data gathered from census observations are used as: a mid-season check on productivity, a mechanism for discovering unknown birds in each territory, a means to track movement of loons and define relationships between neighboring pairs, and a community based tool for generating interest and involvement in loons.
https://loon.org/events

Soooo cute! I love their eerie sound!  :)
Title: Re: Loons
Post by: PeepSpy on June 17, 2021, 03:37:17 PM
I love this cam!  ;D
Title: Re: Loons
Post by: PeepSpy on June 17, 2021, 07:27:42 PM
Thank you so much, Shep!  :D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 18, 2021, 09:11:55 AM
Good morning, LCP!  :D
Title: Re: Loons
Post by: shep on June 18, 2021, 03:21:29 PM
Thank you so much, Shep!  :D

Glad you are enjoying it
We should have a hatch this weekend on LPC cam - New Hampshire
https://youtu.be/lycw03pV-So
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 19, 2021, 06:49:31 AM
June 19, 2021
Dad comes to relieve Mom
Egg expected to hatch this weekend
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 19, 2021, 11:56:57 AM
Egg roll and no pip yet!  :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhCdwu3QQNM
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 19, 2021, 04:43:33 PM
LISTEN to the LOON
https://loon.org/the-call-of-the-loon/

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 19, 2021, 04:57:02 PM
Wow, Shep! I didn't know they made so many different calls!  :o
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 20, 2021, 04:34:15 AM
I SAW a PIP in the egg!
June 20, 2021
The chick is hatching, we heard it peeping
Mom gives soft hoot calls to it
https://youtu.be/lycw03pV-So

6 pm  We think chick hatched.
Mom put it on her back under her wing.
We havent actually SEEN it yet

I put this link on bcaw
https://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewforum.php?f=449

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 20, 2021, 10:49:04 AM
Sweet!  :D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 21, 2021, 03:40:16 AM
LPC First Chick hatched
June 21, 2021
I saw the pip shortly after midnight June 20
The hatch was around 5 pm
Mom hitched it under her wing - sort of on her back but not quite

Loon Chick First Sighting
Jun 21, 2021  LPC
https://youtu.be/VzMfyiPe0Kw

I got some screen shots


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 21, 2021, 06:51:22 AM
So cute - caught it peeking out!  ;D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 21, 2021, 08:55:05 AM
Thats Dad with chick in the water
LPC loon cam
https://youtu.be/lycw03pV-So

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 21, 2021, 12:26:04 PM
June 21
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 21, 2021, 12:29:28 PM
So cute! Poking in while working online.  ;) :)
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 22, 2021, 06:37:43 AM
LPC Chick 2 hatched
June 22, 2021

Chick 2 hatched just after midnight today
Chick 2 meets Dad for the first time

Dawn - Mom called to Dad across the lake
Dad came with chick 1
Chick 2 didnt know Dad and did NOT want to go in the water
So Dad brooded both chicks awhile
Mom swam free after around 30 hours
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 22, 2021, 06:48:17 AM
June 22, 2021

VERY HAPPY loons as the nesting part ends
2nd chick hatched and couple takes young to nursery where they'll spend the summer
https://youtu.be/4sJ-aPeH-P4

Glad you enjoyed it peeps!   :)
So did I
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 22, 2021, 06:54:25 AM
So Cute!  :-*
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 22, 2021, 03:30:47 PM
Tobin Island Loon Cam
2 eggs
https://youtu.be/6Y2D6Xr89UQ

Moose and Loon Camera, Maine
https://youtu.be/7Kkm8v-1kag

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 26, 2021, 05:58:16 AM
Tobin Island Loon
June 26, 2021
One chick hatched but died
Mom took it and shell bits away from nest
Her 2nd egg doesnt look good, probly wont hatch.
She may be young

A couple weeks ago an owl attacked Mom and her mate.
It chased her mate off, but she got a new mate.

2 cams
https://youtu.be/CXDNhjdpWC0
https://youtu.be/6Y2D6Xr89UQ

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 27, 2021, 02:06:08 PM
NO YOUNG for 2021
Tobin Island Loon
June 27, 2021

She laid 2 eggs in May
In June an owl attacked and dragged her off nest into water
The male abandoned the nest after a territory dispute
The new male adopted the nest, female and eggs

This morning when Mom slid off nest she dragged the egg into the water
We did not expect it to hatch. Eggs were left alone rather often

A muskrat would swim by periodicly. We named him Elon
( Elon Musk-rat )

So ends loon season
2 hits
2 misses
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 27, 2021, 02:13:31 PM
So the 2021 wrap is
3 loon nests and 6 eggs resulted in 2 live chicks
Loons dont breed til age 5
They have a low hatch-fledge

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 09, 2021, 03:56:08 PM
EXTRA

Loon Parents Defending Chick
or - How Fast Can a Raccoon Swim
https://youtu.be/gznz-z-w-44

Loon feeds chick on Mom's back
https://youtu.be/HuOAw_a_Ci8

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on July 30, 2021, 11:00:39 AM
EXTRA

Loon Parents Defending Chick
or - How Fast Can a Raccoon Swim
https://youtu.be/gznz-z-w-44

Loon feeds chick on Mom's back
https://youtu.be/HuOAw_a_Ci8
I love how they ride piggyback!  ;D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: Phyl on August 01, 2021, 03:19:07 PM
Tobin Island Loon
June 26, 2021
One chick hatched but died
Mom took it and shell bits away from nest
Her 2nd egg doesnt look good, probly wont hatch.
She may be young

A couple weeks ago an owl attacked Mom and her mate.
It chased her mate off, but she got a new mate.

2 cams
https://youtu.be/CXDNhjdpWC0
https://youtu.be/6Y2D6Xr89UQ

So sad.  :'(
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: Phyl on August 01, 2021, 03:22:19 PM
NO YOUNG for 2021
Tobin Island Loon
June 27, 2021

She laid 2 eggs in May
In June an owl attacked and dragged her off nest into water
The male abandoned the nest after a territory dispute
The new male adopted the nest, female and eggs

This morning when Mom slid off nest she dragged the egg into the water
We did not expect it to hatch. Eggs were left alone rather often

A muskrat would swim by periodicly. We named him Elon
( Elon Musk-rat )

So ends loon season
2 hits
2 misses

Kind of a sad note  on which to end the season .  :(       But, can  hope for a better season in 2022... ;)

So funny   Elon Musk-rat.  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on December 03, 2021, 06:01:08 AM
Loon Monitoring in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest
December 2021

https://youtu.be/Gv--2-9232I

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: Phyl on December 03, 2021, 11:24:04 AM
Interesting video...sound not too bad.  Lots of loon watcing history presented. Thanks for posting.
I've been popping in from time to time to do a bit of reading.  :)
Happy Holidays.
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: Phyl on March 06, 2022, 06:56:51 PM
OurFavorite Loon Stories

Streamed live on Feb 3, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtrkNKn3VOI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtrkNKn3VOI)
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on May 30, 2022, 03:23:30 AM
2022 LIVE LOON CAM
LPC LoonCam Live 2022
https://youtu.be/C8rawIA_edU

Loon Wing Rowing and Egg Turn
  May 28, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMPQVZ_7Yrw

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 01, 2022, 08:03:06 AM
June 1, 2022
Our nesting pair have 2 eggs
https://youtu.be/C8rawIA_edU

This morning while Dad was on eggs, 2 visiting loons arrived with Mom.
They are likely a breeding pair seeking a home.
Mom encouraged themm to LEAVE, this lake is taken.
They finally left

Sunset Serenade: Loon Tremolo Concert
https://youtu.be/cyCP60GAfsY

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 04, 2022, 09:36:35 AM
June 1, 2022
Our nesting pair have 2 eggs
https://youtu.be/C8rawIA_edU

This morning while Dad was on eggs, 2 visiting loons arrived with Mom.
They are likely a breeding pair seeking a home.
Mom encouraged themm to LEAVE, this lake is taken.
They finally left

Sunset Serenade: Loon Tremolo Concert
https://youtu.be/cyCP60GAfsY
Wow! Concert is right! So sweet!  :D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 06, 2022, 08:21:08 AM
Loon Altercation
June 6, 2022  Loons are territorial.  Two extra loons have made several visits to the loon cam nest area.  On this day, the nesting pair had had enough.  Distant view of our loon pair chasing off intruders.  Turn volume up and listen to their war cry
https://youtu.be/oZVQopjKftY


Beware of a b ... karen .. named Gail in loon chaat


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 06, 2022, 11:49:42 AM
Whoa, they can scoot fast! 😳
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 07, 2022, 09:37:43 PM
A sweet story!  :D

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU_RKHSkaY
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 11, 2022, 04:38:35 AM
LOONSTERS and UPSTARTS
June 10, 2022
A pair of intruder loons, the Upstarts are trying to steal our Loonster territory.  There has been a lot of fighting and vocalizing. 

Our Loons Calling Out Danger
https://youtu.be/hKJMlAimJKs


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 11, 2022, 12:52:55 PM
5 intruders
June 11, 2022
Early we saw 5 loons in Dad's territory
Dad and Mom went to escort them away
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 13, 2022, 07:38:27 AM
Loons Calling Out Danger
 Jun 10, 2022
eagles in the area which could raise the loon's concern.
https://youtu.be/hKJMlAimJKs?list=PLZsmKjZcNXbaZXi2xqRb7mgFqVjoogLd3

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 22, 2022, 04:42:37 AM
Chick chirps
June 22, 2022  the hatch begins
Dawn we can hear chick inside egg
https://my.angelcam.com/recording/shared-clip/6a48140c-f11d-42ff-b9d2-01226c4cc0c9/?code=701fcd2d-2892-4632-8ebf-d4b506348aa5
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 23, 2022, 03:32:14 AM
Loon Hatch in Progress?
June 23, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cjKg3OC6Uk

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 24, 2022, 04:53:45 AM
June 24, 2022
pip (hole) in egg - on far left at the end of the egg
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN3mYgGOK5sufXXfzwU-eWVD6_lXTyZp5TTpvdyF07vAu1KeRbjDBvxDFcZ56F9RQ?pli=1&key=UXpyWm5RVDhDTXdrNE5qc014MHJLMl9ZU0lSSXln

Soon we will have a chick

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on June 24, 2022, 08:13:26 AM
Snip of pip!  :D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 24, 2022, 08:20:09 AM
Thanks peeps!
Baby should be in the water by this evening
 -  only my guess
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 25, 2022, 03:44:08 AM
HATCH
June 25, 2022
4.30 am  The first chick has hatched - talking - eager to get in the water
Its been talking to its sibling in the egg, Sib talking back.  ;D
Mom and chick will go into lake as soon as Dad comes
https://youtu.be/C8rawIA_edU

Chick VERY aggressive, pecking at Mom.
Mom slipped into the lake, gave a couple vocal calls and left chick with Dad.
I AM SURPRISED SHE LEFT IT!


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 25, 2022, 06:54:18 AM
LPC LoonCam 2
https://youtu.be/KekSymMDSEQ

Cam 1 season over
Mom, Dad and 2 chicks headed for loon hunting area

Last Hour of LPC LoonCam One - 2022
Jun 27, 2022  The loon pair and their two chicks swam off into the sunset, ending another LPC live broadcast from a loon nest. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QABO25zCHBQ






Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 27, 2022, 12:47:37 PM
cam 2 has 2 eggs expected to hatch July 15
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 30, 2022, 08:54:16 AM
ADORABLE!
Wood Ducks visit Loon Nest
https://youtu.be/q6C-VkmMI-c

Loon blog, nest, pics
https://loon.org/looncam/
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: jaspurr on July 01, 2022, 07:23:41 AM
Love the video of the wood duck family visiting the loon nest.

Happy Fourth of July weekend.
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 01, 2022, 08:36:46 AM
YES, EVERYONE HAVE a SAFE WEEKEND!
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 12, 2022, 01:37:02 PM
HATCH WATCH
July 12, 2022
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 13, 2022, 01:12:57 AM
STORMY HATCH
July 13, 2022
Late July 12 little Stormy fought his (or her) way out of the shell amid thunder, lightning wind n hail.
https://youtu.be/KekSymMDSEQ

Loon Chick First Swim
https://youtu.be/jJ0cNlNHobI

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on July 13, 2022, 11:43:20 AM
Sooooo cute!!! 🥰💖
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 13, 2022, 12:32:05 PM
July 13 afternoon
Dad took Stormy outside rope - lil thing bobbing around

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 14, 2022, 08:11:55 AM
July 14,, 2022
The family of 4 leave us
Grand Finale of wails of HALLELUJAH!

Such nice pics peeps! THanks

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 14, 2022, 01:54:57 PM
LOON FIGHT
Loon Territorial Fight
Jul 14, 2022  Three loons, 2 fighting then one chases the other out of the area.  We believe these were two males.  The current male territory owner is in his first year, having driven off the previous male in 2021.  Having just had a successful hatch of two chicks, a fight for territorial rights was a good possibility. 

The two chicks were stashed far away and the fight was on.  At the moment, we don't know who won.  Only the female is in the area and she retrieved the two chicks.
https://youtu.be/tQbQ_KBLh8I

Seems loon cam extended range picked up a fight today


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: PeepSpy on July 14, 2022, 02:01:22 PM
LOON FIGHT
Loon Territorial Fight
Jul 14, 2022  Three loons, 2 fighting then one chases the other out of the area.  We believe these were two males.  The current male territory owner is in his first year, having driven off the previous male in 2021.  Having just had a successful hatch of two chicks, a fight for territorial rights was a good possibility. 

The two chicks were stashed far away and the fight was on.  At the moment, we don't know who won.  Only the female is in the area and she retrieved the two chicks.
https://youtu.be/tQbQ_KBLh8I

Seems loon cam extended range picked up a fight today
Ooooh, I am glad I missed that! Are Loon Dad's jinxed this year?  :'(
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 15, 2022, 02:23:08 AM
Looncam Recap 2022
 Streamed live 8 hours ago  Here is the story of the looncams of 2022. 

From finding the nest to hatching the chicks and sending them off to the brooding ground.  Bill Gassman, the loon cam operator, uses video clips created during the season to tell the story.
https://youtu.be/y17WbTiaLjk


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 15, 2022, 07:24:19 AM
Loon Chick Rescue
July 14, 2022
  An intern from LPC rescues an abandoned chick and brings it back to the nest.  It takes two tries, because the chick imprints to the kayak but after the second drop off, the mother loon takes over and corrals the loon back to the nest. 

The chick had been abandoned by an unbanded male, who hasn't been acting by the book.  The chick was in the water, clinging to a buoy for four hours before the rescue took place.
https://youtu.be/jrPI8vDdxts

Looncam Recap 2022
Streamed live 13 hours ago  Here is the story of the looncams of 2022.  From finding the nest to hatching the chicks and sending them off to the brooding ground.  Bill Gassman, the loon cam operator, uses video clips created during the season to tell the story.
https://youtu.be/y17WbTiaLjk


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 16, 2022, 03:36:26 AM
The WRAP
July 16,, 2022
https://loon.org/looncam-blogs/waiting-for-the-dust-to-settle/

Loon Territorial Fight
https://youtu.be/tQbQ_KBLh8I

My theory is that chick 1 we called Stormy, he hatched during a storm, was off nest and away for 4 hours while chick 2 hatched.  So #2 had sole possession of raft that 4 hours.  That is one reason he didnt submit to his older sibling.  The chick fight looked a lot like his Dad's real fight.

They do learn early
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 16, 2022, 11:08:49 AM
And then there was ONE   :'(
Jul 16
https://youtu.be/BSXKjOwfYjQ

I do not know where chick 2 is
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 23, 2022, 05:19:11 AM
July 23, 2022 UPDATE   :'(
Loon cam people said Mom, Dad and one chick are at the brooding area.  I do not know WHEN they got over there or exactly HOW a chick was lost.  Eagle is a guess.
There is no official update yet.

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: Lani on July 09, 2023, 04:56:37 PM
Welcome to LPC's LoonCam 2!  UPDATE: (Sunday 3:30PM)  Egg 1 hatched 9:59PM Saturday, July 9.  The chick appears healthy.  The second egg hatched Sunday, around 3:30PM. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hggPzB1jKZE

This YouTube live stream features a loon nest in the lakes region of central New Hampshire. There were two eggs on the nest.  Hatches were predicted to be July 8-10.  The first egg was laid June 11, at 18:51:25 and the second egg on June 14 at 9:21:36, or 62 hours apart.  Our blogger's precise hatch predictions (and he has a good track record) is: Egg 1: July 8, 10 pm. Egg 2: July 10, 2 am.  During incubation, hatch, and before leaving the nest, anything can and has happened.  For much more information on loons, see our web site at https://loon.org/    FYI, the LoonCam 1 pair did not nest this year due to territorial issues and is no longer streaming.   

Little black chick next to mom.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ed/08/35/ed08355c30c41a9951781dfa4aa84231.png)
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 28, 2023, 03:34:06 AM
Thanks for posting 2023 here.
I was unable to access RRP after changing my email.
Suddenly July 27 I was able to get back in.  GOOD!

Mom, Dad and both chicks sailed happily off into the sunset!

I posted details and pics on bcaw
https://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewforum.php?f=449


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on September 01, 2023, 04:36:20 AM
Loon Encounters
https://youtu.be/-Mz3a4uhw84

Loon report
https://youtu.be/3ay9HZeGKbs

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on May 10, 2024, 07:55:32 AM
2024


LPC  New Hampshire May 10, 2024
https://youtu.be/ANQ2BovpLVQ


Boulder Cove Loon Cam
May 31, 2024  First egg

https://youtu.be/S-QmMRsvFoY

bcaw
https://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewforum.php?f=449&sid=40135bbf249eff3b8bf3f931fee02400

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on May 16, 2024, 07:12:55 AM
May 16, 2024
short clip of this morning's underwater capture.
https://youtu.be/_U8GokmSwJs

in 2023 the first egg was May 17 . . .

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: Phyl on May 16, 2024, 10:41:31 AM
Thanks for the update and  video.  ;)
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on May 18, 2024, 07:22:05 AM
RAFT CONDOM
May 18, 2024
Canada goose pair were on nest acting like they chose it for their nest, so the loon people put a condom on the raft!  They wrapped it in screening.

Boy are the geese mad!   ;D

Another pair of geese has laid eggs on their other raft.


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on May 22, 2024, 07:14:10 AM
Loons pay brief visit to nest
May 22, 2024
https://youtu.be/ewUVtEJ7fqI
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on May 27, 2024, 05:11:39 AM
May 27, 2024
https://youtu.be/ANQ2BovpLVQ

Loon chases ducks outta nest   ;D
https://youtu.be/G5SN_IF9ToM


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Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on May 30, 2024, 12:21:30 PM
Loon asserting its ownership of the nest
chases geese off raft
May 30, 2024  LPC
https://youtu.be/xsb8nsTJUEE

Boulder Cove Loon Cam
May 31, 2024  First egg
June 3  Egg 2
https://youtu.be/S-QmMRsvFoY

​​LoonCam 2 (aka, Goose abandoned)
https://youtube.com/live/mPvoPWN5c0w

Vermont's Lake Fairlee has a loon -
with a LIVE cam
and a pair of loons with 2 eggs.
https://youtu.be/fGU0mSYgzcA

bcaw
https://www.peregrinefalcon-bcaw.net/viewforum.php?f=449&sid=d1034ac85f5f15930db1bafa6bcf2d5b

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 02, 2024, 01:23:31 PM
June 2, 2024
Loons mated for 2nd time.
Dad took a NEW female.  Wonder why.
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 04, 2024, 02:19:58 PM
Wood duck vs geese
June 3, 2024
She spent the night with her young on the raft.
Goose family invaded her.  brave lil Mama didnt give up.
https://my.angelcam.com/recording/shared-clip/a1ec5452-5202-439f-bf82-3f51e16124a5/?code=5a528f1d-9c3f-4846-836a-e301640d4f4a

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 05, 2024, 01:35:26 PM
​​LoonCam 2 (aka, GooseCam)
NEW June 5, 2024

Goose hatch should occur sometime this weekend or early next week.
https://youtube.com/live/mPvoPWN5c0w

A goose took the loon raft.
We hope her eggs will hatch, she'll leave, and a loon may still lay an egg

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 07, 2024, 08:43:35 AM
Goose to loon cam #3
Goose only laid 2 eggs on raft, lost one

 video clip of the goose egg falling off the nest.
https://youtu.be/p63gcIPZ7PM

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 10, 2024, 05:46:46 AM
LAKE FAIRLEE
June 10, 2024
You can see the loon's reflection in the water

Cam 2 ( goose cam )
Geese left.
LPC cleaned up the raft real nice for the loons
Loon pair claimed raft, attempted mating - FAIL.


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Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 11, 2024, 01:29:36 PM
Loon cam 2
June 10, 2024
Mink swam out to raft, tried, failed to eat leftover goose egg.
WOW
https://youtu.be/6xpzkJraTX8



Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 13, 2024, 03:46:49 AM
Loons mating
Cam 2 ( was goose )
https://youtu.be/tOewbFwyv9E

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 15, 2024, 05:59:48 AM
Cam 1
June 15, 2024


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Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 17, 2024, 08:27:08 AM
EGG
June 17, 2024

She laid an egg!
https://youtu.be/l-UvMm-gi7U


Loon beeks at intruder
June 16
https://youtu.be/rhBh99bHcow

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 18, 2024, 03:25:35 AM
LOONS NEWS
June 18, 2024

The Concord Monitor newspaper put out a nice article about the egg on LC2
The loon couple seen on Camera No. 2 laid their first egg Monday, with another expected this week.  They are banded, so we know they’re the same loons that were there last year.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/loon-camera-wild-new-hampshrie-55636277


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Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 18, 2024, 10:00:27 AM
EGG
June 18, 2024

Loon cam 1, first egg
https://youtu.be/ANQ2BovpLVQ


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 20, 2024, 03:13:24 AM
2 EGGS
LPC LoonCam 2

June 20, 2024

About 8 pm last nite the loon on cam / raft #2 laid a second egg.

We are over the moon!
The loon population needs to increase!
Too often one or both eggs are lost,
and/or one or both chicks are predated.

We are eggspecting a second egg on raft 1 today.
This is a new pair.  Dad traded his mate for a newbie.

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 21, 2024, 03:43:03 AM
2 EGGS
LPC LoonCam 1
June 21, 2024
Half past midnight this morning, egg 2 was laid.
https://youtu.be/J7YnzT3H9a4

Now LPC has 4 loon eggs,
2 on raft 1 and 2 on raft 2



Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 24, 2024, 08:54:52 AM
BIG bass jumps up on raft curb
https://youtu.be/p35qnrlUuI0

 :D
Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 26, 2024, 01:05:34 PM
1 EGG LEFT
June 26, 2024
Cam 1
One egg broke today
https://youtu.be/77muYjSVLRw

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 28, 2024, 02:31:17 AM
Interesting Facts About the Common Loon
https://youtu.be/QuwPvq8Vh6g

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 30, 2024, 03:09:16 AM
HATCHLING
June 30, 2024

Vermont's Lake Fairlee
New loon chick
Hatched June 29
https://youtu.be/fGU0mSYgzcA

June 2 EGG 1
June 5 EGG 2

June 30 NO SOUND, I hear NOTHIN
​​3.35 loon off nest - ​​she left off the 'top' left of raft, not usual bottom slide.

2 loons in water -with chick.
​​glowing eyes & white on swimming loon looks like headlights

​​splashing - wings - fighting? beaver?

​​3.43 loon does the Jesus flap - stands in water & flaps

​​3.49 loon mounts raft from normal 'slide' area

6.13 am  Mom, Dad and Chick have a swim, then parent back on raft, chick follows. CUTE!

Vermont's Lake Fairlee
We've had several close encounters with snapping turtles and beavers. 
https://youtu.be/fGU0mSYgzcA


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on June 30, 2024, 11:44:23 AM
Vermont's Lake Fairlee
June 30, 2024
Egg 2 broke, no chick.
Parents swam off with their 2 days old chick.

I watch 4 loon cams.
We had 8 eggs.
As of today we have 2 chicks.

1 has 1 egg left, 1 broke.
1 hatched one - abandoned remaining egg.
1 hatched one - egg 2 broke.
1 still has 2 eggs and 2 weeks to go.

Feeding baby

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Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 01, 2024, 02:38:58 AM
July 1, 2024
So far 4 cams started with 8 eggs, 2 hatched one, left one .

Raft 1 lost an egg.
Raft 2 still has 2 eggs.
Boulder hatched one chick and left the other egg.
Fairlee hatched one chick and the other egg broke, dead chick.

If not for rafts, loons might go extinct.
THANK YOU LPC.


FAIRLEE UPDATE 6/30/2024:  Hatch!
On June 29 at around 5pm, the first egg hatched revealing a beautiful baby loon. 
 The next day we all experienced joy and anxiety about the health of the chick and the fate of the second egg. 

 Today, we have confirmed that the second chick was stillborn.  While disappointing that our second chick did not survive, it reminds us of how fortunate we are to watch and learn from our wild environment.  The loon family vacated the nest this afternoon to move on to a nursery area nearby.

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 01, 2024, 08:17:06 AM
White loon spotted in Canada
north of Minnesota border
WCCO MN
https://youtu.be/00S3xe6cvMk


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Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 02, 2024, 12:53:16 PM
The Last Goodbye
Fairlee  June 30, 2024
https://youtu.be/SCIMgEgx_kM

Wailing sorrow over lost chick,
Rejoicing over surviving healthy chick,
Mom n Dad leave the raft for the last time.

Wails and tremelos are so haunting.

Next year LPC will build a new raft for Fairlee.

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 06, 2024, 06:26:37 AM
LAKE FAIRLEE videos

Announcement of the First Chick
June 29, 2024

https://youtu.be/0efY1xSPw-s

Loss of the Second Chick
June 30, 2024
https://youtu.be/FGWCwA1hyMY




Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 11, 2024, 10:04:34 AM
July 11, 2024

Raft 1
Egg 1 broke some days ago
Egg 2 broke today.
Loons on raft1 are gone.
Incubation was so sporadic, eggs alone so many hours, I never thot they'd hatch.

Raft 2
2 eggs here

Today female dove off- underwater FAST as an eagle landed on the shore behind the raft.

She wailed and wailed
Male came after an hour.

RAFT  1 results
LC1's nest exam by LPC and LCO.

Both eggs on raft 1 broke.  No chick.
https://youtu.be/xNLR92QJ2ug


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 12, 2024, 09:44:42 AM
July 11, 2024

Lake Vermilion, Minnesota
https://youtu.be/YWh683DkAqA

Otters or mink have stolen 3 of their 4 eggs.
They re-nested after first 2 taken.
https://youtu.be/EhKJUOr98qM

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 16, 2024, 02:46:57 AM
HATCH
July 15, 2024
Loon raft 2

Baby loon chick hatched.
Such ACTIVE chick!

Loon Chick Hatching
https://youtu.be/eh7UuTcT5ZQ

Swims with Dad
https://youtu.be/_Pml8kCrs3g


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 17, 2024, 04:29:20 AM
July 17, 2024

Raft 2
Loons left with 1 chick.
This morning it appears egg 2 abandoned.

LPC collected egg and turned cam off.

END OF SEASON

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on July 18, 2024, 02:15:42 AM
Looncam Raft 2
Post Nest Exam

July 17, 2024
https://youtu.be/WOYhxYLb0cM

Tending loon chick
https://youtu.be/VrfMuJR7Npk

Loon Removing Broken Egg
https://youtu.be/3Ufxw7Wb9Bo

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on August 12, 2024, 04:26:40 AM
Chick at One Month
Aug 9, 2024
We only see baby - parents werer off cam
https://youtu.be/c5kk4iNk7dY

Family together
August 11, 2024
https://youtu.be/vXf42pwvUbs

Its such a joy to be able to watch them all summer!
All other loon cams turn off as soon as the chick hatchs and family leaves nest.


Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on August 25, 2024, 06:13:15 AM
August 25, 2024
About dawn all 3 loons, Mom, Dad and Chick appear out of the mist.

Its fun to see them.  Chick is about the size of adult - I cant tell them apart.

Lake Fairlee, Vermont
https://youtu.be/fGU0mSYgzcA

There were 88 chicks at the 2024 loon count.

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on August 30, 2024, 12:03:32 PM
Haunting night time loon calls
https://youtu.be/Y3A81FsUyUw

If you wanna spook out your neighborhood, play this LOUD October 31

Title: Re: Loons - several cams, nests
Post by: shep on September 21, 2024, 02:59:17 AM
2024 Nesting Season Observations
Vermont Lake Fairlee Loon Stories

Sep 20, 2024
Lake Fairlee Assn and Vermont Center for Ecostudies conducted a season wrap-up to local loon supporters.  Doug Tiff, Eric Hanson, and Sean Brown presented on loon history in Vermont, ecological status, and interesting behavior observed during the 2024 nesting season
https://youtu.be/G9eWbJb0TWc