Bonehead harassing Loons

Fishy Cover · 08-03-2007, 09:16 AM

Not all boneheads are in power boats. In our small cove we have two loons and a chick that is approx 3 weeks old. Last night a woman in a 2 person yellow Kayak with a large dog in the front seat very deliberately paddled between the adult loons, then circled around them and then went back in between, all at a distance of 3 to 10 feet. The male adult squawked and screamed to divert the kayaker, who was completely obvlious to the commotion and the stress she and the dog had created. After about 2 minutes of this my guests and I yelled at her and told her to leave the loons alone. She replied very defensively that "I'm only trying to take a picture" and then circled around again. The mother and chick swam away and the male continued his effort to draw the threat away from the chick. We continued to scold the kayaker and she then went right over to the mother and chick, circled them again and then slowly paddled to the end of the cove. The loons calmed down in about half an hour.

How could anyone be so stupid and so insensitive?

08-03-2007, 09:16 AM	#1
Fishy Cover Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 134 Thanks: 10 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Bonehead harassing Loons Not all boneheads are in power boats. In our small cove we have two loons and a chick that is approx 3 weeks old. Last night a woman in a 2 person yellow Kayak with a large dog in the front seat very deliberately paddled between the adult loons, then circled around them and then went back in between, all at a distance of 3 to 10 feet. The male adult squawked and screamed to divert the kayaker, who was completely obvlious to the commotion and the stress she and the dog had created. After about 2 minutes of this my guests and I yelled at her and told her to leave the loons alone. She replied very defensively that "I'm only trying to take a picture" and then circled around again. The mother and chick swam away and the male continued his effort to draw the threat away from the chick. We continued to scold the kayaker and she then went right over to the mother and chick, circled them again and then slowly paddled to the end of the cove. The loons calmed down in about half an hour. How could anyone be so stupid and so insensitive? Last edited by Fishy Cover; 08-03-2007 at 02:50 PM.