Minnesota Common loons

[Tim Abbott]

A pair of common loons came by the dock in the morning for 2 days & came close enough for me to get some shots.  They were doing some serious preening.  Maybe beginning to molt to winter feathers?  Big Trout Lake in Crow Wing county.

[frank]

Nice shots of some very neat wildlife!!! I have spent a lot of time, for work, in Minnesota but only got see what was viewable from the highways. It would be great to see the wild areas there some day.

[Tim Abbott]

Thanks Frank,

We saw a group of at least 50 loons at an adjoining lake on a boat ride, my sister-in-law speculated they were this year's hatchlings preparing to fly south.

Tim Abbott