Spent some time yesterday watching the loon during two intervals, 5pm to 530p and 7p to 830p. We saw him dive quite frequently, about 20 second dives. Also, he was plowing through the water with his head under, I assume fishing for the schools of small silver fish near the surface that are everywhere in Lake Mac. Also, towards dusk he spent alot of time preening and flapping. At one point he climbed up on a buoy to dry his wings. We did not get many good pictures bc we did not have the camera with us the first interval. Got a few marginal photos later in the evening. Nothing artfully done but enough to show him flapping and swimming. Anyone interested in the photos can email me. Happy birding.
Donna Nespoli On Aug 27, 5:47 pm, rostrhamus <scottesev...@gmail.com> wrote: > The saga gets even more interesting next week as McIntosh will be > partially drained for outlet gate repairs. Good for shorebirds? Not so > good forloon?? > > http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/news/longmont/newsletters/2010/082710.htm > > Scott Severs > Longmont > > On Aug 27, 5:25 pm, Robert Zilly <bzbir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > I just returned from watching the Big Mac PacLoonand it was diving > > frequently. Many of the dives were very short, 1 - 4 seconds. A few were > > closer to 10 seconds and one time when I got to 20 seconds I looked around > > and realized it had swum out of view while under. It was also spending a lot > > of time simply holding its head under. The clartity of the water was rather > > poor. You cannot see the bottom three feet from shore. There was just a > > slight breeeze and it was only making a ripple on the surface. I wonder if > > its behavior could be due to the water conditions rather than illness of > > injury? > > > I also found a City of Longmont doc which states that fishermen could expect > > to catch carp, walleye, and crappie. And the shoreline has always been > > popular with large waders like Great Egret and Great-blue Heron. > > > Bob Zilly, > > Longmont -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
