Loon Chicks

glennsteely · 07-19-2014, 06:44 PM

....when On Golden Pond first came out (still my favorite movie of all time!) I remember thinking....."man, they must have tons of loons over on Big Squam" and my grandmothers response was something about it was just a catch for the movie, that they were all but gone in the lakes region.....

well.....enjoy them, I cant wait for our trek this year, maybe we will get lucky and see a few.

Thanks again.

tis · 07-19-2014, 07:12 PM

You mean the wooden decoy loons in the movie???

glennsteely · 07-19-2014, 07:34 PM

My point exactly, why were there so many there, but not on our lake? ha X 3.

tis · 07-20-2014, 06:48 AM

I was trying to remember-was there a loon in the shot on Wolfeboro Bay in that movie?

Greene's Basin Girl · 07-20-2014, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by tis

I was trying to remember-was there a loon in the shot on Wolfeboro Bay in that movie?

I believe it was Gilford and Dover. They tried to save the one in Dover, but the loon later died. So very very sad! I wish they could catch these shooter's. I won't tell you what I think they should do with them!

tis · 07-21-2014, 06:34 AM

Sorry, GBG, I meant in the movie, On Golden Pond, when they were riding around in the boat on Wolfeboro Bay, was there a loon in that particular shot? I know this has been commented on before here.

Newbiesaukee · 07-22-2014, 12:54 PM

I have become obsessed with the Loon Cam. One had hatched and the mother/ father has widened the opening in the other egg. I just stopped watching a few minutes ago...there were people speaking in the background...I hope they won't disturb the loons. The chick had just crawled under the parent's wing...gotta go back and watch.

Newbiesaukee · 07-22-2014, 12:57 PM

Someone just asked if she could stand behind the camera...again I hope she knows what she is doing!!!

glennsteely · 07-22-2014, 04:21 PM

I just saw the hatchling.....OMG! That little dude is cute!! All fuzzy and stuff.....makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!! Nature is one of God's greatest gifts to us.....look, listen and preserve!

whalebackpoint'r · 07-22-2014, 05:39 PM

Photos are not high quality but show the Loon family in Green's Basin.

secondcurve · 07-22-2014, 05:43 PM

I have decided that in my next life I will come back as a Loon. They are treated, quite literally, like royalty.

glennsteely · 07-22-2014, 06:26 PM

I'd get loony with you.....not a bad thing to come back as......I like to swim, I really enjoy to eat fish and sitting on my a*& on a nest for a few months at a time might be something I'm really good at. At least thats what my wife says!!

whalebackpoint'r · 07-22-2014, 06:35 PM

and they really seem to relish being photographed by humans!

07-19-2014, 06:44 PM	#1
glennsteely Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mantua, N.J. Posts: 472 Thanks: 90 Thanked 111 Times in 38 Posts	I remember.... ....when On Golden Pond first came out (still my favorite movie of all time!) I remember thinking....."man, they must have tons of loons over on Big Squam" and my grandmothers response was something about it was just a catch for the movie, that they were all but gone in the lakes region..... well.....enjoy them, I cant wait for our trek this year, maybe we will get lucky and see a few. Thanks again. __________________ You have to go out on a limb sometimes, cause that is where the fruit is. You can't get to the fruit from that nice safe spot, clinging to the trunk of the tree......

07-19-2014, 07:34 PM	#3
glennsteely Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mantua, N.J. Posts: 472 Thanks: 90 Thanked 111 Times in 38 Posts	I guess so.... My point exactly, why were there so many there, but not on our lake? ha X 3. __________________ You have to go out on a limb sometimes, cause that is where the fruit is. You can't get to the fruit from that nice safe spot, clinging to the trunk of the tree......

07-22-2014, 12:54 PM	#7
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,353 Thanks: 947 Thanked 573 Times in 298 Posts	I have become obsessed with the Loon Cam. One had hatched and the mother/ father has widened the opening in the other egg. I just stopped watching a few minutes ago...there were people speaking in the background...I hope they won't disturb the loons. The chick had just crawled under the parent's wing...gotta go back and watch. __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."

07-22-2014, 12:57 PM	#8
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,353 Thanks: 947 Thanked 573 Times in 298 Posts	Someone just asked if she could stand behind the camera...again I hope she knows what she is doing!!! __________________ "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."

07-22-2014, 04:21 PM	#9
glennsteely Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mantua, N.J. Posts: 472 Thanks: 90 Thanked 111 Times in 38 Posts	I just noticed as well..... I just saw the hatchling.....OMG! That little dude is cute!! All fuzzy and stuff.....makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!! Nature is one of God's greatest gifts to us.....look, listen and preserve! __________________ You have to go out on a limb sometimes, cause that is where the fruit is. You can't get to the fruit from that nice safe spot, clinging to the trunk of the tree......

07-19-2014, 07:12 PM	#2
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,726 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	You mean the wooden decoy loons in the movie???

07-20-2014, 06:48 AM	#4
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,726 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	I was trying to remember-was there a loon in the shot on Wolfeboro Bay in that movie?

07-21-2014, 06:34 AM	#6
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,726 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	Sorry, GBG, I meant in the movie, On Golden Pond, when they were riding around in the boat on Wolfeboro Bay, was there a loon in that particular shot? I know this has been commented on before here.

07-22-2014, 05:39 PM	#10
whalebackpoint'r Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 127 Thanks: 30 Thanked 50 Times in 25 Posts	Photos are not high quality but show the Loon family in Green's Basin. Attached Images

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07-22-2014, 05:43 PM	#11
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,117 Thanks: 1,328 Thanked 559 Times in 288 Posts	My Next Life I have decided that in my next life I will come back as a Loon. They are treated, quite literally, like royalty.

07-22-2014, 06:26 PM	#12
glennsteely Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Mantua, N.J. Posts: 472 Thanks: 90 Thanked 111 Times in 38 Posts	why not?? I'd get loony with you.....not a bad thing to come back as......I like to swim, I really enjoy to eat fish and sitting on my a*& on a nest for a few months at a time might be something I'm really good at. At least thats what my wife says!! __________________ You have to go out on a limb sometimes, cause that is where the fruit is. You can't get to the fruit from that nice safe spot, clinging to the trunk of the tree......

07-22-2014, 06:35 PM	#13
whalebackpoint'r Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 127 Thanks: 30 Thanked 50 Times in 25 Posts	and they really seem to relish being photographed by humans!