Yesterday afternoon Joan sent me a text message saying that there was a loon sitting on then nest. Her brother George had also seen a loon on the nest earlier in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Joan’s message arrived, I packed up my gear and headed down to the lake, arriving at the bridge at about 4:30. Joan reported that the bird had slipped off the nest as she put her phone away after sending the text! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joan headed home. I set up the tripod etc. and settled in to see what would happen anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I spent most of my time watching the main part of the lake hoping to pick up a bird as it came back under the bridge. However, after roughly a half hour wait, I first saw a single loon, on the upstream side of the bridge, over near the Craig Road bridge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This bird just “hung out’ in the area between the two bridges for about twenty minutes. It was not actively fishing, it did a bit of stretching at one point, but it really just hung around. Eventually, it headed over towards the far ‘shore’ where the nest is, but again, it just meandered about for another ten or fifteen minutes. Finally it headed over to the nest a climbed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I watched the bird on the nest for a half hour or so. It was attentive, looking around a lot, and was still on sitting on the nest when I packed up and headed home about 5:45 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given that the nest was left unoccupied for long intervals yesterday, it is probable that the birds have not yet laid any eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n
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