The loon nest was launched early this year. The loons arrived in Mid April and we were able to get the artificial nest launched shortly after. They started nesting on May 3rd. Gestation is between 24-28 days. Keep your fingers crossed that we will have loon chicks shortly after Memorial weekend.

This picture was taken by one of our lake residents, Mike Meneau from outside the buoy area with an 850 telephoto lens on May 16th.

The loons laid their 1^st egg on May 1^st but didn’t stay on the nest. They started actually staying on the nest on May 2^nd so we assume they laid their 2^nd egg at that time. The first chick hatched on May 30^th and the second chick was on May 31^st.  This picture shows the chicks on day 2. You can actually see the size difference of the 2 chicks being born 1 day apart.