My love affair with the loons on our lake continues this week, as we found the other family. Last week’s photos showed a family of three, but this one has two babies and they’re slightly older. Or perhaps they’re the same age, but simply grow that fast.
We sat and watched this little family for quite a while (I use a 70-300 mm telephoto lens, which is why the loons appear so close), and the adults took turns diving and bringing back morsels to share with their babies.
But at times both parents were underwater, and I assumed the buoyant babies were too young to follow. This is when they’re most vulnerable to large fish predators.
Then one surprised me. He went under!
And then the second went. The little loons were learning to dive. (They stayed under for only moments, and then popped up again.)
Each weekend I share moments that help me journey toward occasional “presence” — explained in A New Earth
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1:58 pm
Great closeups of the loons! I received “Spitfire” in the mail today. Thanks!
4:28 pm
I love it! Sometimes I feel like the eternal baby loon always dunking for a few minutes at a time trying to master the next lesson/skill.
Hugs,
Holly
6:24 pm
I was also moved by the water in the picture. I can just hear it gently rippling against the boat. Kind of rocking you back and forth, gently, like a mom rocks her baby. I wish I were there!
9:54 pm
those were fun picture. Of course – you know I’d have loved to seen that little diving lesson.
Today I watched some swallows dive bombing and Eastern King Bird. I don’t know what the occasion was.
1:03 pm
That is awesome. I am not at all familiar with the loon. I loved the photos!!
2:13 pm
Awwwwwwwwww!!!!! How adorable! Those look really really really young. so cute…
3:05 pm
Oh my! These are gorgeous! Happy WW!
11:21 am
you gave me a scare until I finished reading all the headings to the photos. I thought a big fish actually got them. I really enjoy the pictures. The birds are so adorable.