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Old 07-19-2014, 06:44 PM   #1
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Default 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.

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Old 07-19-2014, 07:12 PM   #2
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You mean the wooden decoy loons in the movie???
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Old 07-19-2014, 07:34 PM   #3
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Talking I guess so....

My point exactly, why were there so many there, but not on our lake? ha X 3.
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Old 07-20-2014, 06:48 AM   #4
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I was trying to remember-was there a loon in the shot on Wolfeboro Bay in that movie?
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Someone just asked if she could stand behind the camera...again I hope she knows what she is doing!!!
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Old 07-22-2014, 04:21 PM   #9
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Thumbs up 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!
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Old 07-22-2014, 05:39 PM   #10
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Photos are not high quality but show the Loon family in Green's Basin.
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I have decided that in my next life I will come back as a Loon. They are treated, quite literally, like royalty.
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Old 07-22-2014, 06:26 PM   #12
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Talking 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!!
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and they really seem to relish being photographed by humans!
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