{"id":6877,"date":"2017-07-18T19:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T23:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2017-07-18T19:50:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T23:50:56","slug":"adirondack-chronicles-2017-7-call-of-the-loons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2017\/07\/adirondack-chronicles-2017-7-call-of-the-loons\/","title":{"rendered":"Adirondack Chronicles 2017.7: Call of the Loons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"four<\/a>Waking to the call of the loons<\/a>…one of the beautiful parts of the Adirondack experience.\u00a0 Loons abound on the Adirondack lakes and ponds.\u00a0 I usually find them in pairs, but was delighted to find four friends (photo above) on a recent evening along Bear Pond.\u00a0 Loons are relatively solitary and mate for life.\u00a0 I haven’t seen any chicks this season so they must have hatched and grown earlier in the season.\u00a0 Here’s a couple just lolling about on a recent evening:<\/p>\n

\"two<\/a>And this loon is shaking a leg as part of preening<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"loon<\/a>Other larger birds are out and about.\u00a0 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<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"raven<\/a>And on every roadside for dozens of miles, the wild turkeys and their broods clearly are overpopulating the earth…<\/p>\n

\"wild<\/a>On the other hand, this osprey seems kind of lonely sitting on the edge of what seems to be a very empty nest:<\/p>\n

\"osprey<\/a>Coming next: the farewell tour!<\/p>\n

Follow me on Twitter @TrinityPrez<\/p>\n

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