2:05pm CDT

Nest exchange - with the Iris in bloom and both on the nest, sunlight making their feathers opalescent in color - a very lovely image

Thursday, May 27, 2010

BET what a lovely shot of both adults on the nest amoung the irises.

12:05 pm
Incubating --- 6 days to go and counting.

SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2010

9:40 am
One adult on the nest while the other swims by. No exchange of guard on the nest.

2:45pm MDT

Nest exchange. One loon swam by the front (lake side) of the nest and came around out of camera range and climbed up on the raft. Stayed there for a minute or two before the brooding loon decided to leave

Not as pretty an image without the sun light to bring out the colors

Monday, May 31, 2010

News from the Minnesota Bound Live Loon Cam site is that Larry said we could have a hatch as soon as today.
I really hope I'm home watching the cam when it happens.

7:43 am




8:48 am
Here's an interesting move by the adult. She was up to check the eggs but instead of settling down with the eggs in front of her she backed up over the eggs.

TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2010

9:00 am
Adult went off for a swim.
Both eggs look to be still intact with no pips visible.

3:40 CDT

Eggs were visible a while ago. No signs of cracks that I could see

Thunder and wind brought the mate into check on status of partner and maybe eggs. They stayed like this for a couple of minutes. Seem to be communicating although I didn't hear anything

5:30pm MDT

Mate swam up to nest. Partially climbed out, but the one on the nest seemed reluctant to leave. There was a discussion, beak to beak, a bit of poking before the one on the nest gave in to the nest exchange