7:15 am Loon on nest

mcmann

16 years ago

I finally checked in and found one of the loons on the nest.

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alisande
16 years ago
8:30 a.m. Loon off nest

:-)
mcmann
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16 years ago
Very cute Ms. Alisande - very cute indeed!!
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WOW! What a fantastic experience, Mike, in downtown no less. I'm glad you had it, because no doubt if it happened to me I would have looked up and not known what I was seeing. I have a very limited bird repertoire, sadly. A home devoid of birds really is a tragic idea to contemplate, Mike. There's no doubt we have a deeper resonance with birdcalls than we are even consciously aware of. I remember us all discussing, in the spring, the way we were starting to hear the birds again. I believe it was Denise who brought it up, which makes sense, since she likes birds. But I remember thinking at the time: Ah, yes, I've just been sensing that too even though I'm a dullard at wildlife. It feels like the whole world is waking up when the birds return. It's not so much that you consciously miss it when the population dwindles to a few species, but when all the sudden the sound is everywhere, your heart just LIFTS. The same way your body thrills at the feeling of sunlight. So, I totally agree that on those islands, the population must be feeling a subconscious dulling. A lack of thrill, so to speak.
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thank you....I struggle mostly right now with the loss of my son. The healing of surgery is sort of taking a back seat. Over the years as many here know, I've had a lot of trouble with injuries to back, cartilage and tendons and have discovered that I have a connective tissue disorder. I will be seeing a rheumatolgist in June so we can discover which kind it is....meantime, I lay in bed listening to the birds calling outside. I have four hummingbird feeders up and saw the early nesting Anna's bringing a baby to them, and later, the Selasphorus hummers visited as well. Looks like we have a few stay-over Selasphorus, which with the weird weather isn't too unusual, I guess :) The Violet-green Swallows returned on schedule and the Osprey, too...there have been a lot of California Brown Pelicans flying north; adults and first-year birds. An intermediately plumaged (winter to breeding) Common Loon has been frequenting the point and bay at Laguna Point up in MacKerricher; MarieMom and I were there on Monday (day before my knee surgery) and got to watch it diving and catching fish.....a rare treat for here :o)
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I've had birds for many years and currently have a pair of cockatiels. It's always amazed me as to how they communicate with each other and share the parenting duties while breeding a clutch of eggs. Most birds are social and very flock dependent. Without any romanticism involved, they definitely mourn the loss of their mate. Some die from the loneliness afterward. While wild birds may be less attached to their mate and have stronger instincts for survival, their bodies still experience normal hormonal changes when breeding that make them more attached to their mate & their young. That poor male is surely very confused over his missing family. I've lived in several areas that had many different animals that caused havoc with pets and people, alligators and snakes in the south, coyotes in California, and raccoons and deer here in Michigan. When ever someone complains about them causing trouble I have only one thought and that's that they were here first and it's part of living in the area that we choose to live in. I wonder what they think when they almost get hit by our cars, or can't find food because a builder has bulldozed their forest down.
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nanny. The loon can probably defend her egg pretty well from a muskrat. I have read/heard somewhere that they will jab you and can cause a pretty nasty injury from that pointed beak and you should never approach one, especially one that may be defending a nest. I found a sick loon on shore of a lake a few years ago. Its body is about the size of a Canadian goose so it's probably pretty strong. I just wish they would stay closer to the nest to keep those nasty muskrats away, they probably would eat the egg. As soon as she finishes laying the batch of eggs they will not hardly leave the nest.
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alisande
16 years ago
LOL But I did see a couple of zebras on National Geographic's African webcam.
ronm80
16 years ago
10:53 Loon on the couch.

I really would like to see pictures of real loons and ducklings.
hayjud_mn
16 years ago
I really want to see her actually lay an egg! will she be peaceful and quiet, or will I notice it from my kitchen?

Did you notice how all that work she has been doing is mounding the dirt up. She pushes it from the bottom inside. I suppose when she gets it just right, she will start laying.

My first thought was, how is she going to put enough twigs and grass together together for her nest - BUT - hey, she is not a bird - she is a loon!
mcmann
Original Author
16 years ago
Another clever poster here - I love your 'resting' loon. Is he watching 'Looney Toons' on the TV? Oh I am so sorry, I just couldn't resist.

In Philly a pair of red tail hawks built their nest on a window ledge at the Franklin Institute of Science. Talk about 'location, location, location' - it's the perfect spot for a web cam. They have 3 darling fluffy white chicks. They had a nest there last year and one of the chicks fell out. A passing motorist saw it and stopped traffic to rescue it. It was returned to the nest and successfully fledged a little later.

Here is a link that might be useful: hawk nest
hayjud_mn
16 years ago
I feel so stupid!
I was watching for a WHITE egg to show up in the nest!(influenced by the supermarket, I guess!)

I finally looked up what color loon eggs are. The are greenish-brown with black specks. They blend into the nest!

For all we know there might already be eggs in that nest!
mcmann
Original Author
16 years ago
Well that made be curious about the size so I looked that up. A loon egg is about the size of 1 1/2 tennis balls. The female only has one working ovary so she lays one egg and then 1 to 3 days later the second egg. What really surprised me is that they can live to 25 or 30 years!
alisande
16 years ago
This thread turned out to be a wonderful science lesson. It's also hilarious. Thanks, guys!
trinitytx
16 years ago
I have a loon on my couch too, but is my husband....

Trin
pattico_gw
16 years ago
The last report says they now have an egg...I just saw her plop into the water and could not for sure see an egg. The must be brown. It doesn't show up well.

She must be cold...she keep pulling the stuff around her.

It's got to be cold on that lake.
alisande
16 years ago
The mic must be aimed right into the wind. It sounds as though she might be blown off the nest at any minute. :-)

A friend from Canada emailed me that she laid an egg. I love the fact that people from all over are watching this (unsuspecting) bird.
lydia1959
16 years ago
A friend from Canada emailed me that she laid an egg. That's amazing!!! LOL! Sorry... you just worded that funny.

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