July 2023: July NH pictures. Huge interruption to our NH summer when Brooks Amret Taylor, our first grandchild, was born on July 4th! While we were helping the new parents in AL the loon parents welcomed their chick to Winter Harbor!
Click HERE to view my July daily loon log (also click to collapse)
Sat Jul 1, 7:00 am - Loon on nest and loon in water. All peaceful.
Sun Jul 2, am - No loons in sight when I arrived in the morning. After about 5 min's both surfaced in the water. No distress signs. But also, no sign of chick. Not close enough to see if egg is in nest. (Using binoculars and zoom lens to give them space)
Sun Jul 2, pm - No loons on water near nest in evening. Loon on nest moved out of sight shortly after I arrived. I left immediately to reduce stress on adult loon.
Mon Jul 3, 12:30 pm - Loon on nest. None on water. Heavy boat traffic.
Tue Jul 4, 8:30 am - Loon on nest. None on water
Wed Jul 5, 7:30 am - Loon on nest. None on water. Very calm and peaceful.
Thu Jul 6, am & pm - Loon on nest. Peaceful & Calm. Loon on water past Marker #15. Loon on nest. None on water.
Fri Jul 7, 6:00 am - Loon on nest and loon on water. Look happy and peaceful.
Sat Jul 8, 7:30 am - Loon on nest. Loon on water near our house. Haven't seen either close to our house for weeks.
Sun Jul 9, am - Heard them calling earlier. Loon on nest in morning.
Sun Jul 9, pm - None sighted on water. Loon on nest.
Mon Jul 10, 7:00 pm - Heavy rain today. Only saw loon on nest.
Tue Jul 11, am & pm - Only saw loon on nest.
Tue Jul 11, 5:30 pm - As I neared the nest island (200') saw loon leaving nest, swimming out to meet the other loon in middle of cove. Waited about 15 mins. No chick visible. Got pictures of bands for LPC to use.
Tue Jul 25 am & pm - Back from AL. THe chick has hatched. All 3 loons have been hanging out around our dock and swim float morning & evening! Couple of pictures.
Wed Jul 26, Noon - Loon family hanging out just off dock over lunch.
Thu Jul 27, 7:00 am - Loon family back again.
Fri Jul 28, 6:00 am - The 2 adults were making a commotion out in middle of Winter Harbor. No chick in sight. It seemed to me that they were stressed over loss of chick. I scanned with binoculars and saw chick several hundred yards away near the shore. Adult headed into shore and gathered the chick. I was nervous for about 15 minutes there.
Fri Jul 28, 6:30 pm - I spotted the Loon family peacefully cruising around just south of us.
Sat Jul 29, 7:00 am - Loon family together across Winter Harbor from their nest site. Rarely see them over there. All peaceful.
Sun Jul 30, 7:30 am - Woke up to the chick riding on mom's back just off of our dock. They were in sight from our dock nearly all day. Love that!
Mon Jul 31, 6:30 am - Woke to see 3 adults in middle of cove off of our dock. One stayed in middle, while the second chased the third away. I'm guessing that the third was an intruder. No chick in sight. I scanned shoreline with binoculars and spotted chick all alone about 20' from shore at least 100 yards from parents. Came back 30 minutes later and the mom was feeding the chick right off of our dock! I enjoyed my breakfast while the chick was being fed by mom!
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