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I
wasn’t able to get back to the cottage for a few weeks to check on the progress
of the loons. They weren’t on the nest and I feared the worst-scared off by
black flies.
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The
nesting material was largely gone. Apparently a lot of windy days.
Two eggs were in the nest.
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The
POP Fly Traps seemed to have very little flies in the bottom. So they likely
didn’t help much. But there were no flies on the top like last year.
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To
show how bad the black flies are on a loon, this photo was part of a
short video someone posted on Facebook (I didn't get their name). If you
can imagine the suffering a loon would have to endure to put up with
this kind of torture for hours to sit on an egg with the only way to
get rid of them is to get in the water and go under. It's no wonder
they don't want to stay on the nest.
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I didn’t get any other photos of the nest as
most days were too windy to go out. But the loons were observed with binoculars
to be on the nest and off the nest. So
maybe they will lay a couple more eggs and get past the black fly season.
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