7-28: Five Loons: Exciting Loon activity. Per Ashley Keenan of the Loon Preservation Committee, "We have a pair of Loons that hangs around Hurricane and Whortleberry island. This pair had two chicks however somehow it ended up taking in a third chick. Crazy and rare, they tend to be by Whortleberry and between hurricane and long island. " So, of course I headed to Whortleberry Island. My first visit turned up one adult and one chick. Returning earlier on the next day, I found Loon magic - both adults feeding all 3 chicks right near my boat for about an hour. Some nice pic's and videos to share. (Videos will be posted later, 7/289/24 -mm) Back Index Page 1: 3 Loon Chicks On Left & 2 Parents On Right 2: IMG_0053 3: 2 Parents 2 Fish 2 Chicks 4: Who Got The Fish 5: Who Got The Fish 6: Loon Chick Wings 7: Loon Chick Wings 8: 2 Loon Parents With Food 9: Loon Chick Feeding Back Index Page 10: Loon Chick 11: Loon Chick Diving 12: Loon Adult Very Close To Boat 13: Loon Adult Very Close To Boat 14: Pair Of Diving Loon Chicks 15: Loon Chick Surfacing 16: Loon Chick Surfacing 17: Loon Chick Surfacing 18: Loon Chick Surfacing Back Index Page 19: Loon Chick Surfacing 20: Adult Loon With Fish Visible Band 21: Chick Getting Fish From Parent Loon 22: Successful Loon Fish Delivery 23: Loon Parent With 3 Chicks 24: Takes A Lot Of Dives For Loon To Feed 3 25: Adult Loon With Band 26: Loon Head Down 27: Anxious Hungry Loon Chick Back Index Page 28: Adult Loon Feeding Chick 29: Adult Loon Feeding Chick 30: Loon Triplets 31: Loon With 3 Chicks 32: Loon With Fish For Chick 33: Loon Feeding Chick Band Visible 34: Loon Chick Lost Fish 35: Loon Chick Waiting 36: Loon Chicks Second Try Back Index Page 37: Loon Parent & Chick 38: Pair Of Loon Chicks 39: Big Fish For Loon Chick 40: 2 Loon Chicks & Parent 41: Loon Mostly Submerged 42: Preening Loon Chick 43: Loon Chick - How Do I Look 44: Loon Chick 45: Loon With 3 Chicks Checking Underwater View Back Index Page 46: Loon Chick 47: Adult Loon With View Of Band 48: Loon Parent Coming To Feed 3 Chicks 49: IMG_0054 50: IMG_0056 51: IMG_0060 52: IMG_0062 53: IMG_0061 54: IMG_0063 Back Index Page 55: Adult With Large Snack For Lucky Chick