March 29, 2006: The loons returned just a day after ice-out.

July: Early July, they are the proud parents of two loon chicks.

In late July a rogue loon was reported by several pond residents. The large stature and brazen behavior made this individual stand out noticable.

Around this same time, Becky Riley noted an unusually large loon approach her dock and fish the swim area, turning over rocks with its beak, looking for crayfish within 10 feet of her and her niece. This fearlessness to allow humans to get so close, as to observe their fishing technique is a behavior "our" loons were never noted for.

At the end of July, Dennis Spinney observed this rouge loon attack and drown one loon chick in the cove by the dam. The other chick has not been sighted since, so is fair to assume the second chick to be lost to predation as well.

Later, Dennis observed the aggrieved parents harass and chase the rouge loon the length of the pond several times over a period of hours.

Keith, who was staying at the camp on Lily Bay, said he and his son found a large dead loon mid-way on the South shoreline on or about Saturday Aug 5, it was "the biggest loon they had ever seen." It may be that this was the rogue loon that the parents chased down to exhaustion.

It seems that rogue loons present at least as much of a threat to loon chicks as snapping turtles, such is the way of nature, they will try again next year.

On Sunday, August 6, four loons were observed swimming and fishing communally, it is not known if any of them were "our" loons.

They are the proud parents of two baby loons that arrived sometime around July 4th weekend.

It is the end of July and all is well, the chicks are feeding and growing quickly.

On July 8th there were sightings of two chicks with the adult male and female as you can see in the photo above.

There has only been one chick in recent sightings, he/she is growing fast and is now learning the loon calls.