a murderous loon!
We did witness quite a loon skirmish a few years back. I was at Misty Blue's place in Braun Bay and a loon pair was on the water with a week old chick. They had been paddling around all day close to the shore, and we been admiring them just off his dock. Late in the afternoon, a third adult loon seemed to be taunting them, coming in close and the loon ‘parents’ would put up quite a ruckus and get it to back off. After a few hours of the squabbling, a thunderstorm swept in (it really looked like something out of a movie), and as we watched, the ‘rogue’ loon dove under and came up under the baby and grabbed it and dragged in under (never to be seen again). It was quite a display of nature!!!
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