July 8, 2015 Loon Update
Submitted by Bruce Nystrom Wow, 8 PM on July 8th. Slight wind from the South, partly sunny skies. The Northern Nursery loon family is near the North Shore of Lake John. A few “calls.” Not alarms but I am not … Continued
Loon Update 6.28.15
Submitted by Bruce Nystrom I toured the lake on Sunday, June 28th and both Loon Nurseries are looking good. The Northern family has a chick with white feathers under-body. The Southern family chick is quite a bit smaller and still … Continued
Loon Watch, Sunday, June 14, 2015
Submitted by Bruce Nystrom At 6:15 AM, I walked out on my dock on the North Shore of Lake John to go fishing. I noticed a Chick sitting still in the water about 15 feet from me. I did not … Continued
Lake John Loon Watch: More Families on Lake John (6.4.15)
Submitted by Bruce Nystrom I just completed a boat ride on an almost mirror top Lake John. I wanted to see for my self if we had more than one Loon Family going on……To my surprise, I saw at least … Continued
Loon Report (6.3.15)
Submitted by Bruce Nystrom I observed an adult with the chick near our shoreline this AM for about 15 minutes. The chick is still dark brown and appeared to be about half the length of the adult. It was staying … Continued
Loon Update (5.22.15)
Submitted by Bruce Nystrom For the first time I saw the Loon Family on the North End of the main lake with at least one Chick. The Chick was pretty good sized too, so probably not a newborn. They were … Continued
Lake John Loon Watch 5-5-15
Submitted by Bruce Nystrom I observed an adult with the chick near our shoreline this morning for about 15 minutes. The chick is still dark brown and appeared to be about half the length of the adult. It was staying … Continued
May 4, 2015 Loon Report
It has been 30 days since “ice out” and several Loon sightings have been observed during that period. I can confirm a Nesting Pair on Rocky Point in the cat-tail bog furthest into the lake. I suspect another pair are … Continued
2014 Lake John Loon Report
The following is the 2014 Lake John Loon Report by Bruce Nystrom (Section 3) who is a loon watcher and “restorer” of the loon platforms. From my point of view of Lake John on the northern shore, 2014 was filled … Continued