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Originally Posted by Fishy Cover
"I'm only trying to take a picture"
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Then leave the dog at home and buy a zoom lens...
We were anchored a few weeks ago and a mother loon with chick came swimming by about 30 feet off our stern. I was surprised that they came so close! What a treat to see the little chick with a total body size about the same as the mother's head. The mother was diving to the bottom for food and would float right back up in front of the chick to feed it. We were concerned when we lost track of the chick after a rather large wake came in and the mother seemed to be scanning the shoreline in search of it. After such a treat we wondered if we had just seen a tragedy and maybe the baby loon had been washed up against the rocks. The mother called out twice, but stayed in place for about 30 minutes just scanning the shore. And we stayed quietly in the boat while she was there. Then we were relieved when we saw this tiny little head poke up from underneath the mother's wing. Neat stuff.
But the point is... Loons should always get the right of the way and courtesy of at least the 150' rule.