We have found that life's busy pace has started
to affect our guest's vacations. No longer can families go "up to
the lake" for a relaxing 1 or 2 week vacation. More and more
families and couples are looking for a long weekend or a short
mid-week get-away. Now at Bear Paw we can work with your schedule
with full week or short stays.
2010 Loon Blog
April 2nd; record early Ice Off! Boy will the
Loons be surprised when they arrive and have the whole lake to
land in. April 4th; We put the Loon nest in the
lake and during that time the first Loon arrived and was calling
the "Where Are You" call for its mate. April 11th;
We took a boat tour of the lake and spotted 1 pair and 1
single Loon. They are still migrating. April 12th;
We are pretty sure one of our Loons are here because it was
checking out the nest. April 15th; Great Tax Day,
the other spouse made it; They are together again and claimed
the nest. April 17th; spotted both of them on the
nest doing the ????, yep you guessed it, eggs should be soon.
April 26th; Mama was pacing and moaning all day and
not going far from the nest; checked on her at 3:00 and yeah
there is one egg and they are still swimming around so should be
a 2nd one shortly. We are supposed to have really high
winds on Wednesday night and especially on Thursday so hopefully
she will be sitting on them by then protecting them from the
splashing waves. Stay tuned.....................
April 28th; Mama laid her 2nd egg during the night so
she is sitting on them now and preparing for the winds. Can't
wait to be a "Loonma" again. May 4th; We
had 51 mph wind gust that threw a grill into the glass door of
cabin 2; water rolled completely over all the docks and Mama
Loon was in survival mode as the waves totally engulfed her. It
was horrible to watch. She survived with just a donut sized nest
left and both eggs still there. She is amazing!!!!! Babies
are due May 22 and 23rd. May 22nd; Many false
alarms today awaiting the delivery of the 1st born but then
finally at midnight the coo announcement was made. Yeah! a
Loonma again. May 23rd; We had horrific storms
during the night and I was relieved to see (6:30 a.m.) they
survived the night and also to see the 2nd born had arrived. So
since they have survived through many severe storms I named them
"Thunder and Lightning". May 25th; The family is
still hanging around our shoreline and I am enjoying my time
with them. ** Just a note; there are many that read my "Loon
Blog" and are prepared to search them out when they arrive ....
please use a zoom lens and respect the DNR regulation distance
of 100 ft; it is to encourage the survival of the babies and
reduce the stress that they endure from human acts **
June 12th: Thunder and Lightning are getting so big.
They are now 3 weeks old this weekend and can't believe how much
they have grown. The North Nest had 2 babies on June 2 and 3rd.
The South nest had 2 babies on June 6 & 8 and their names are "Uno"
and "Dos" children of "Lucy & Desi". Not sure if the North
family has names or not. If these 6 babies survive the summer we
will set a new record for Two Inlets Lake. Since we have so many
babies earlier than normal we have had some boaters taken by
surprise and finding the need to navigate the lake differently.
Babies are kept closer to the shorelines and the reeds for their
own protection since they can't escape boats quickly for their
first 6-8 weeks so we need to boat on the outside of the Loon
families and not between them and the shore. It's wonderful to
know that we, as humans, also take part in our Loon survival. We
just pray that the Oil spill in the Gulf doesn't hurt their
future survival and food supply when they migrate there in
September.
(2009 Photos
of last years Loon family)
|
