THE LOON JOURNAL
by Bob Moe, Chair, Loon Committee
JUNE 20, 2003 - GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
The adult loon population on TML remains fairly constant with between 25-35 birds on the lake at any given time. That is the good news. The bad news is that as of this report it appears that there have been only two hatches this year on either natural or platform sites, and only two surviving chicks. Two chicks hatched on Flower Pot Bay but were lost to a rogue loon or a predator within ten hours. Two chicks survive from a hatch in Long Bay near Arthur's.
I theorize that the huge success of last year (11 surviving chicks!) may be the reason for so few chicks this year. Perhaps the lake will not support more loons than the adult population we now have.
JUNE 23, 2003 - BETTER NEWS
Don Brown reports that two more loon chicks have appeared in Robinson's Bay. That's four chicks altogether. Have to get a new theory.
