Our first trip anywhere since the beginning of Covid-19. Joined up with Dhan’s sister and her husband as we took a 2 hour trip on the ship Island Queen, going around the rugged coastline of Georgian Bay.
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Most of the time when I am up at the cottage in Georgian Bay, I feel I am lucky if I manage to get to see and photograph a single loon, usually from a great distance.
So I was thrilled to find no less than three loons had landed relatively close by in Oberlin Bay early this morning, just in view from the deck of the cottage. At first I thought maybe it was a family with a fledged chick, but from their behaviour I could tell that this was simply one round in a fight for territory by at least one of the birds.
This is the best picture I took of the trio, of what are presumably two males sizing each other up with a female watching the outcome:
A Trio of Loons Sizing Each Other Up
Here’s the “fight sequence” that came immediately before it; mainly a lot of posturing with none of the birds actually taking a stab at each other.
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