Our New LoonCam Nest
We have started live-streaming another loon nest. This video shows a nest exchange. You can see that only one of the loons is banded. The banded loon is the female and […]
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Nesting is Done
After trying to incubate the egg on the nest for two days, Mom, Dad, and the chick that hatched on June 17 packed up and moved to a brooding area […]
Come on, Dad, Chop That Up!
Dad tries to feed the chick a fish that is half his size. The chick can’t even hold on to it. But don’t worry, both parents have been feeding the chick […]
One Chick in Water, One Egg in Nest
The parents have their hands (wings?) full now with a chick to take care of and an egg to incubate. Here we see mom coming back to nest to meet her chick […]
First Chick is Hatched!
The chick was rapidly breaking out of its shell between 5 and 6 am this morning. By 7am we were getting our first views of the chick. It will be a busy day […]
Active Chick
Seven hours old and the chick is ready to hit the water on its own. But we still have another egg to hatch.
A Pip?
Ir’s hard to be sure but it looks like there might be a pip, a crack in the egg with the membrane showing, This photo is from 4:25 pm, when […]
Hot Spell
The previous three days gave us some uncommonly hot weather for June. Sunday topped out at 94.1 degrees Fahrenheit, Monday hit 95.7, and we just missed an official heat wave […]
Egg Turning
If you’ve ever raised chickens from eggs, you’re aware that egg turning is an important part of the incubation process and it is essential for the proper development of the […]
Eggs and Predators
Out of all the loon nest attempts LPC has monitored over the past four decades, about 40% of the nests fail. Out of those that we can determine the reason […]
