Butch Bouchard sent this shot of a bear swimming near Sandy Beach Road.  The bear either needed to cool off or was taking a shortcut from one side of the pond to the other. Perhaps he/she was fishing and needed to cool off and wash up after his meal. Thanks for sharing the picture, Butch.

Which reminds me. I don't have all the details yet, but I believe the reason the loons nested "on the little island" this year was because their nesting platform had slipped its mooring and was lodge at the island. Turns out the platform need a major overhaul and with permission and instructions from Eric Hansen of Fish and Wildlife, Scott and Geri Pelok enlisted the help of Jamie Dimick to haul the platform out and the Peloks will refurbish it so it will be sturdy and ready for the loons next year - and will be in its proper place. The poor birds must have had some special sense to be able to locate the nest  when it was gone from the usual location. This hasn't been a good year for them - first their nesting place is misplaced and then, after finding it, building their nest and patiently sitting on eggs until one hatched, some predator makes off with their chick. One can't help wondering if things would have turned out better for the birds had they been able to nest in a more protected location. That said, whatever got the chick probably would have been aware of the family, wherever it was located. We'll never know, and some things are best left to nature anyway.