Tuesday, August 05, 2008

When Two Is Just One Too Many

I was up at our cottage in New Hampshire over the weekend and the loons swam by, the mama, poppa and the two baby loons. Usually loons on the lake only have one baby but this year there are two babies.
As I watched one of the adults bring a fish over to baby loons, the larger of the baby loons took the fish from the adult loon. This happened over and over, the larger loon always took the food. I can help but wonder what will happen to the smaller loon chick, will the mother eventually feed it? Or will it get slowly weaker and weaker until it can’t survive?
Anyone who has been to a northern lake has probably has heard the cry of the loons, they are so unique

I found this on YouTube... A Mother and Two Chicks

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