Loons getting ready to head back north

EllyPoinster · 03-02-2010, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bj112757

Does anyone know what areas they gather at the most?

Thanks.

B

Funny you should ask - this article appeared recently in the Weirs Times

Lucy Goose · 03-26-2010, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by EllyPoinster

Funny you should ask - this article appeared recently in the Weirs Times

New sort of to Winni and I am a photographer and love birds. Are there special places they congregate on the lake?

jack1706 · 03-26-2010, 10:10 AM

I had two loons in front of my house yesterday..In Winter Harbor.
It was so good to see them again.

Winter Harbor, wolfeboro side... allways have loons about.. try around the Libby Museum.

Eagle · 03-26-2010, 11:41 AM

Here you go:

Lakegeezer · 04-04-2010, 10:03 AM

Other than the report from Jack1706 in Winter Harbor, has anyone seen loons this year? Usually they are back in force right after ice out. It has been three weeks around here and no loons - not even one. Just the honking of Canadian Geese - which is unusual too. I'm sure they will show up any day now - but just wondering. Are they back in other parts of the lake?

jack1706 · 04-04-2010, 04:42 PM

Thinking that maybe by now everyone had seen all the loons that have arrived, (silly me) last Sunday there had to be a hundred of them in front of our house..they swam up thru Winter Harbor then back down towards the Libby Musuem and I didn't see them again..

I started to count over 60 & stopped as I just wanted to watch them...One was the leader and just lead them around.. it was such a sight.... so I guess they have made it to their final destinations!!

We so enjoy them....

PS.
around Thanksgiving they seem to gather in front of our house to leave also

tis · 04-05-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jack1706

Thinking that maybe by now everyone had seen all the loons that have arrived, (silly me) last Sunday there had to be a hundred of them in front of our house..they swam up thru Winter Harbor then back down towards the Libby Musuem and I didn't see them again..

I started to count over 60 & stopped as I just wanted to watch them...One was the leader and just lead them around.. it was such a sight.... so I guess they have made it to their final destinations!!

We so enjoy them....

PS.
around Thanksgiving they seem to gather in front of our house to leave also

Are you sure they were loons jack? I have never seen or heard of so many together like that on the lake!

fpartri497 · 04-05-2010, 09:05 PM

I pretty much cover all the lake during the summer and I never In My life have seen more than TWO loons together

Pepper · 04-05-2010, 10:06 PM

Methinks Jack may have his tongue planted firmly in his cheek.

jack1706 · 04-06-2010, 09:53 AM

oh, they were Loons !! I often see more than two together... during the summer it seems they pair up but.... right now they stay together...
even in the summer you can see more than two. In front of the Libby Museum I saw four together diving for food a few days later....
As I said , just before snow fall they gather & go wherever also....

jack1706 · 04-06-2010, 10:11 AM

I just read where they do gather & fly to migrate & return ..

check it out.
Not seeing things !!
( well, not this anyway !! )
this was the second year i've seen this.... next year I'm taking Pictures !

paddler · 04-06-2010, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jack1706

I just read where they do gather & fly to migrate & return ..

check it out.
Not seeing things !!
( well, not this anyway !! )
this was the second year i've seen this.... next year I'm taking Pictures !

I believe you, Jack. I saw a group of 19 on Ossipee Lake last summer. I even have a few photos posted here

jack1706 · 04-06-2010, 10:37 AM

Hey great pictures !

Me hopes pepper sees them !!

tis · 04-06-2010, 10:59 AM

Oh, they absolutely do gather. That is just so many I have never heard of it. Not saying it isn't possible but incredible just the same.

ApS · 04-11-2010, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tis

Oh, they absolutely do gather. That is just so many I have never heard of it. Not saying it isn't possible but incredible just the same.

The most number I've seen gathered is 17 and a Minnesota link accounts for a "huge raft" of 34. These are Goose-sized birds, and their calls will carry quite far.

Compare the calls of probably fewer than a dozen Loons in this "Loon-Chorus" recording (and not all of them will vocalize), one hundred Loons calling in the narrows of Libby Museum would probably rate a visit by Wolfeboro Police!

Lakegeezer · 04-11-2010, 02:27 PM

A bit late, but we have loons again. I always thought they came as soon as the ice was out, but this year, they were three weeks afterwards. Loony!

Merrymeeting · 04-11-2010, 07:10 PM

I heard one early this morning on Merrymeeting

Pepper · 04-06-2010, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jack1706

Hey great pictures !

Me hopes pepper sees them !!

Loved the photos!

I have indeed heard that they gather up before heading out, but didn't realized that they arrive en masse as well (but it certainly does make sense). I can't wait to see your photos next year!

tis · 04-06-2010, 06:47 PM

Pepper, I must say I agree with you, I have always seen them gather in groups in the fall but in the spring one day I look out and there is one, or a pair, even three, but not a lot of them. Winter Harbor has had a single loon for many years and a pair for several years. In the spring, they are often together.

DRH · 04-07-2010, 09:42 PM

We heard our first loon call of this spring last night, and saw a loon this morning between Minge Cove and Treasure Island.

Greene's Basin Girl · 04-11-2010, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DRH

We heard our first loon call of this spring last night, and saw a loon this morning between Minge Cove and Treasure Island.

We have a loon back in Green's Basin!

04-04-2010, 10:03 AM	#5
Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,679 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 354 Thanked 640 Times in 291 Posts	Where are the loons Other than the report from Jack1706 in Winter Harbor, has anyone seen loons this year? Usually they are back in force right after ice out. It has been three weeks around here and no loons - not even one. Just the honking of Canadian Geese - which is unusual too. I'm sure they will show up any day now - but just wondering. Are they back in other parts of the lake? __________________ -lg

04-05-2010, 09:05 PM	#8
fpartri497 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Concord NH Posts: 681 Thanks: 97 Thanked 48 Times in 39 Posts	Loons I pretty much cover all the lake during the summer and I never In My life have seen more than TWO loons together __________________ dont worry be happy

04-05-2010, 10:06 PM	#9
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	those "other" loons ... Methinks Jack may have his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

04-11-2010, 02:27 PM	#16
Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,679 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 354 Thanked 640 Times in 291 Posts	The loons are back A bit late, but we have loons again. I always thought they came as soon as the ice was out, but this year, they were three weeks afterwards. Loony! __________________ -lg

04-07-2010, 09:42 PM	#20
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,689 Thanks: 1,204 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	Back in West Alton We heard our first loon call of this spring last night, and saw a loon this morning between Minge Cove and Treasure Island. __________________ DRH

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03-26-2010, 10:10 AM	#3
jack1706 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft.Laud.,Fl & Winter Harbor Posts: 150 Thanks: 40 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	I had two loons in front of my house yesterday..In Winter Harbor. It was so good to see them again. Winter Harbor, wolfeboro side... allways have loons about.. try around the Libby Museum.

03-26-2010, 11:41 AM	#4
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04-04-2010, 04:42 PM	#6
jack1706 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft.Laud.,Fl & Winter Harbor Posts: 150 Thanks: 40 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	Thinking that maybe by now everyone had seen all the loons that have arrived, (silly me) last Sunday there had to be a hundred of them in front of our house..they swam up thru Winter Harbor then back down towards the Libby Musuem and I didn't see them again.. I started to count over 60 & stopped as I just wanted to watch them...One was the leader and just lead them around.. it was such a sight.... so I guess they have made it to their final destinations!! We so enjoy them.... PS. around Thanksgiving they seem to gather in front of our house to leave also

04-06-2010, 09:53 AM	#10
jack1706 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft.Laud.,Fl & Winter Harbor Posts: 150 Thanks: 40 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	oh, they were Loons !! I often see more than two together... during the summer it seems they pair up but.... right now they stay together... even in the summer you can see more than two. In front of the Libby Museum I saw four together diving for food a few days later.... As I said , just before snow fall they gather & go wherever also....

04-06-2010, 10:11 AM	#11
jack1706 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft.Laud.,Fl & Winter Harbor Posts: 150 Thanks: 40 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	I just read where they do gather & fly to migrate & return .. check it out. Not seeing things !! ( well, not this anyway !! ) this was the second year i've seen this.... next year I'm taking Pictures !

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04-06-2010, 10:37 AM	#13
jack1706 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ft.Laud.,Fl & Winter Harbor Posts: 150 Thanks: 40 Thanked 19 Times in 17 Posts	Hey great pictures ! Me hopes pepper sees them !!

04-06-2010, 10:59 AM	#14
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,760 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	Oh, they absolutely do gather. That is just so many I have never heard of it. Not saying it isn't possible but incredible just the same.

04-11-2010, 07:10 PM	#17
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	I heard one early this morning on Merrymeeting

04-06-2010, 06:47 PM	#19
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,760 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	Pepper, I must say I agree with you, I have always seen them gather in groups in the fall but in the spring one day I look out and there is one, or a pair, even three, but not a lot of them. Winter Harbor has had a single loon for many years and a pair for several years. In the spring, they are often together.

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