tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955156.post7984042221187233564..comments2023-11-17T06:16:11.985-05:00Comments on Lake Life: A Tale of Two LoonsSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17883576803006646889noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955156.post-40360119301102268642007-01-24T20:42:00.000-05:002007-01-24T20:42:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments everyone - here's hoping t...Thanks for the comments everyone - here's hoping that all loons stay in the water where they belong!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883576803006646889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955156.post-43786211949164148872007-01-24T10:08:00.000-05:002007-01-24T10:08:00.000-05:00What are the chances? Kismet, at work. Susan, I lo...What are the chances? Kismet, at work. Susan, I love knowing that that little ice-breaker that I cobbled on to my talk to give it a Florida spin might help save loons elsewhere someday. It's probably best that those folks didn't try to pick the bird up. A common loon, if that's what it was, is a formidable beast! I'd hate to see someone injured. And the loon sounds like it was in better shape than mine. By the tracks in the sand, the red-throated loon we found had made about six feet of progress all day.After my talk at Rookery Bay, a veterinarian from Maryland told us about a parking lot "splashdown" of 25 common loons in W. Maryland--and he got them all! Examined them--only one was injured--and the rest he put in the Antietam River. All they need is a watery runway to be able to take off again. And maybe they got a few fish in the bargain. How cool is that?<br />Thank you so much for the pictures you sent. They'll show up in a post! Hugs to you and Sherm and those little applehead dogs.Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955156.post-51720426794546830402007-01-22T21:19:00.000-05:002007-01-22T21:19:00.000-05:00Keeping all my fingers crossed for the loon.
Mayb...Keeping all my fingers crossed for the loon.<br /><br />Maybe it's better to be half-saved by some tipsy "loonies" than never saved at all? <br />(I'm trying to see the bright side)<br /><br />It is too bad that Julie isn't everywhere all the time...but thank goodness she travels so much...she spreads the healing around.Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11955156.post-38089597411183264512007-01-21T23:01:00.000-05:002007-01-21T23:01:00.000-05:00Oh I hope it made it to the water!
Good story (bu...Oh I hope it made it to the water!<br /><br />Good story (but I would have liked a definite happy ending).<br /><br />;-)<br /><br />I've never seen a loon in summer plumage - only the drab winter ones - but I would know them by that bill!LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.com