This is footage from LPC Loon Cam 2 (not Cam 1 which I have previously covered) It is a separate loon nest and parents. On this nest, Mom loon is incubating two eggs which should hatch around July 17th. ♥ The Loon Preservation Committee puts out over 100 floating nest platforms for loons on the NH lakes each season!
Mom Loon will be seen rolling her eggs as the water is rocking and making little waves. It is a good thing she does not get sea sick lol You will see her slide off the nest to take a break and we have fantastic views of these beautiful eggs before she returns. Mom will do a series of wails...these are the signature call and sound of the loon. The wail is often considered the classic loon call. It is a long, drawn-out, mournful cry that often rises and falls in pitch.
There are four common loon sounds ~ the wail, yodel, tremolo, and hoot. Each species of loon has its own repertoire of calls, though there is some overlap between the sounds different species make. Out of the four common loon vocalizations, the wail carries the farthest and is one of the defining sounds of wilderness lakes in summer. Loons will call back and forth to each other using wails, which allows loon pairs or families to communicate over large distances.
Wailing serves several important purposes in loon communication such as defending territory, locating other loons, its mate or its chicks, or just to signal an alarm. Here Mom Loon was calling for her mate. Next time you are camping near a wilderness lake, listen closely after sunset to the haunting loon songs echoing across the water - they will mesmerize you! Thank you for watching!
To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 OPENING Mom loon on nest
00:27 Mom will roll her eggs in sync with the waves
01:45 Another egg roll
02:42 Mom leaves nest
03:45 Mom returns
06:31 Several haunting wails
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The loons are identified by coded leg bands.
Female: Left leg: white stripe (white background with a horizontal black stripe through the middle) over blue
Right leg: Silver over yellow stripe (yellow background with a horizontal black stripe through the middle)
Male:
Left leg: Blue stripe (blue background with a horizontal white stripe through the middle) over orange dot (orange background with a black dot in the middle)
Right leg: Blue dot (blue background with a white dot in the middle) over silver
The female at the Cam 2 nest was banded in 2017. She's been on territory in recent years, with the exception of 2023. That year, she was seen in this territory and in neighboring ones, but no pair ever settled down to nest.
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
Courtesy of LPC Preservation Committee Loon Cam - many thanks on this camera! #loonpreservationcommittee #loons #looncam #LPC
LPC’s mission is to restore and maintain a healthy population of loons throughout New Hampshire; to monitor the health and productivity of loon populations as sentinels of environmental quality; and to promote a greater understanding of loons and the larger natural world.
LPC Loon cam 1: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ANQ2BovpLVQ.html&ab_channel=LoonPreservationCommittee
LPC loon cam 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HBinQcVnEx4.html&ab_channel=LoonPreservationCommittee
4 июл 2024
