Loony tunes!

Kamper · 07-28-2015, 11:01 AM

Now that this thread has matured a bit, I can admit this is what I first thought of when I saw the title...

http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/

ursa minor · 07-30-2015, 02:26 PM

Thanks Misty Blue! I used volunteer to babysit the nesting sites and loon chicks years ago when Jane Irwin was the head of the "loon rangers".

We saw 4 adults close together and circling in the area that's between Pleasant, Little Whortleberry / Whortleberry Islands around 9:00 on Sunday morning while out in the kayaks. No chicks that we could see from roughly 200 feet away.

Greene's Basin Girl · 07-30-2015, 05:13 PM

I saw a loon chick while kayaking by Suissevale yesterday. We still have our two loon chicks in Green's Basin.

tis · 07-31-2015, 06:39 AM

You guys are great at keeping TWO babies! I wish you would teach the rest of the loons how to do it!!

Orion · 08-05-2015, 08:27 AM

Seems very odd that loons can only manage one or rarely two chicks and yet I routinely see the very similar mergansers with over a dozen chicks. No wonder loons were going extinct.

Kamper · 08-05-2015, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Orion

Seems very odd that loons can only manage one or rarely two chicks and yet I routinely see the very similar mergansers with over a dozen chicks. No wonder loons were going extinct.

Loons probably pay more attention to their one or two chicks. Ducks and geese that lose sight of a chick don't even notice.

07-30-2015, 02:26 PM	#2
ursa minor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tuftonborough & Franklin MA Posts: 265 Thanks: 99 Thanked 143 Times in 64 Posts	Thanks Misty Blue! I used volunteer to babysit the nesting sites and loon chicks years ago when Jane Irwin was the head of the "loon rangers". We saw 4 adults close together and circling in the area that's between Pleasant, Little Whortleberry / Whortleberry Islands around 9:00 on Sunday morning while out in the kayaks. No chicks that we could see from roughly 200 feet away. __________________ " Any day with a boat ride in it is a good day"

08-05-2015, 08:27 AM	#5
Orion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cow Island Posts: 914 Thanks: 602 Thanked 193 Times in 91 Posts	What a difference Seems very odd that loons can only manage one or rarely two chicks and yet I routinely see the very similar mergansers with over a dozen chicks. No wonder loons were going extinct.

07-28-2015, 11:01 AM	#1
Kamper Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Thornton's Ferry Posts: 1,306 Thanks: 67 Thanked 171 Times in 127 Posts	Now that this thread has matured a bit, I can admit this is what I first thought of when I saw the title... http://www.nonstick.com/sounds/

07-30-2015, 05:13 PM	#3
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	I saw a loon chick while kayaking by Suissevale yesterday. We still have our two loon chicks in Green's Basin.

07-31-2015, 06:39 AM	#4
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,724 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	You guys are great at keeping TWO babies! I wish you would teach the rest of the loons how to do it!!