Loon Report

 Sadly, we have lost one of the two baby loons hatched by the loons in the third, or big, pond. All seemed to be going smoothly until about a week ago while walking on the rail trail near the bridge, Jane Segale noticed something going on with the loons. She later sent me an email saying she had seen something in the water that seemed to be one of the chicks in trouble, so she took her kayak out to see if she could help, but by the time she got there, it was obvious the chick was gone - badly mauled by something. The suspect is the eagle, but nobody knows for certain, and the loon chick sank before she could retrieve it. She said it seemed to have a broken neck and a gash on its chest, and was obviously dead.

Several people have asked, having heard rumors that one chick is missing. I wrote a post after Jane contacted me, but apparently it never actually published. I have hunted for it, but I wasn't able to find it, and her email has also been deleted. Unfortunately, I purged my trash last week before I realized there was a problem. I suspect it may have been due to an update that was going on about the same time as I was blogging. My apologies to Jane for not getting the news out to everyone sooner.

We are experiencing a remarkable stretch of very pleasant weather - surprisingly, we had a lovely weekend and the sun shines on us today, as well. The forecast was for thunder storms late Saturday and Sunday, but that didn't happen - at least, not here at Joe's Pond. We'll take it! Enjoy it, and we can only hope we have a repeat performance next weekend!