Update on the Loon Nesting

Three weeks later, we went back for the Memorial Day weekend. Happily, the loons were using the ANP. I went out on Friday morning and took some photos. I caught them at shift change. So I waited till one of the loons got back on the nest.

	As I watched and took photos of them, I thought I could see some eggs on the nest. Sure enough after loading the photos on my laptop, and blowing up the image, it appeared that two and possibly 3 eggs were on the nest.
As I waited, the loon eventually climbed up on the nest, but in a different direction than I had seen in the past. It climbed up the ramp, not the back. I changed the way the ramp was attached this year. In the past the ramp had a block of wood with carpet on it to let the loons climb on. Last year the wood block blew up and basically stood in the way of the loons using it. So this year I took the wood off and just attached a new piece of carpet to the plastic pipe and the netting to form a solid ramp. I guess they liked that better.
	After climbing on the loon turned the eggs …
… and then settled down to keep them warm for some more hours. I left the loon for a peaceful day without being bothered by me.
Next Blog – Another update on the loons

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