Waking to the call of the loons…one of the beautiful parts of the Adirondack experience. Loons abound on the Adirondack lakes and ponds. I usually find them in pairs, but was delighted to find four friends (photo above) on a recent evening along Bear Pond. Loons are relatively solitary and mate for life. I haven’t seen any chicks this season so they must have hatched and grown earlier in the season. Here’s a couple just lolling about on a recent evening:
And this loon is shaking a leg as part of preening:
Other larger birds are out and about. I don’t ever recall seeing a raven up close, but this one was perched high on a tree stump and making the most awful noise… a bird worthy of Edgar Allen Poe!
And on every roadside for dozens of miles, the wild turkeys and their broods clearly are overpopulating the earth…
On the other hand, this osprey seems kind of lonely sitting on the edge of what seems to be a very empty nest:
Coming next: the farewell tour!
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