May 25th: Nest is swamped...

Neighbour at the lake called with bad news. The water was rising and the nest looked like it was getting swamped. The loons hadn't been on the nest in quite some time so she went to have a closer look at the nest and sure enough, the nest and eggs were wet. The loons did not return to nest the rest of the day, so it looks like this 1st laying is a failure. We can only hope that they will lay again this spring. With all the rain expected this weekend the lake will probably rise quite a bit, so hopefully they will hold off building another nest til after the lake level stabilizes.

Hopefully the floating loon nest will still be fine; will check on it next weekend. Check out my webpage for for loon photos. www.loonphotography.com