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[shep]

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

[PeepSpy]

Sweet! 

[shep]

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

[PeepSpy]

So cute - caught it peeking out! 

[shep]

Thats Dad with chick in the water
LPC loon cam
https://youtu.be/lycw03pV-So

[shep]

June 21

[PeepSpy]

So cute! Poking in while working online. 

[shep]

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

[shep]

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

[PeepSpy]

So Cute! 

[shep]

Tobin Island Loon Cam
2 eggs
https://youtu.be/6Y2D6Xr89UQ

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

[shep]

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

[shep]

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

[shep]

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

[shep]

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