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The Chicks are Doing Fine!

July 3, 2023 by Gene Klco

I came back to the lake for the 4^th of July holiday week and set out today to find them. I was thrilled to see them this morning. It was a beautiful Northern Michigan morning with the lake very calm. I found the on the other side of the lake.

I didn’t get a lot of time with them though. They are being very protective of the chicks. I was just trying to cruise by them – 100’ away and get a few photos.

	They immediately got disturbed by my presence.
The one loon had captured a fish for the chicks, but the other one was determined to move me away. While the one moved the chicks away, the other came toward me.
	It did a penguin dance – not a good sign. It felt threatened. It was time to move on.
As I kayaked away, it kept squawking at me. He kept it up till I turned away from them and paddled away. Notice I said ‘he’. I observed the loon yodeling as different loon flew over the nest about a month ago. It is the only way to identify the male loon. As you can see in this photo, a few of its white feathers are missing on its side. So I knew this was the male sending me off.
I only had a couple minutes with them and only got a few quick photos, but it was good to see that all was well with them.
Next Blog – Another update on the loons

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