Loons are magical creatures 🤩 Graceful, majestically beautiful, with a haunting, melodic song.
During the two summers I spent on Lake Lucerne, in Northern Wisconsin, loons were a constant presence. One summer I volunteered for Loon Watch, to monitor the behavior of the loons on our lake.
Five loons lived on Lake Lucerne while I was there. This unpaired lone loon lived in our bay, so I often saw him, floating alone out on the water.
This misty sunrise was a particularly striking day 😍 You can see the lone loon, serenely floating in the early morning light.
Down at the south end of the lake lived a mating pair. We found their nest one day, right next to the water on a tiny island (where loon’s prefer to nest).
Then one day, a month or so later, I was kayaking down at the south end, and the mama and baby loon were out fishing. They came really close to me, enabling me to get these wonderful photos 😍
Even capture the mama feeding the baby!
And these two great photos of the mama alone, which really show the colors of the eye and neck 😊
Several of these are now available on my website! Click here: Birds
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