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Old 08-20-2018, 05:04 AM   #11
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Post Landings—Not Like a Duck's Landings

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Originally Posted by Rusty View Post
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If you caught that Loon as it lands, that is a rare event to capture on video! Wings are kept quite high, and feet are not used in the landing.

Notice the surface of the water just after the Loon makes that final turn? The same event, repeated, is at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0b1Wl3I4-8

I've seen several landings on Winter Harbor's waters, but most landings are hilariously uncoordinated, with the Loon "splashed" and tumbling—feet over head—due to wave action.

A Wind and Loon "log" from nine years ago:
https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...2&postcount=51

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