Loon leads us to hidden nest

Lake Vermilion, Minn. (VLA) -- From Sunday afternoon June 11, for five days, we were in the dark about what was going on with our little loon family-in-the-making.
The VLA's Live LoonCam resumed online streaming after Bill and our marine team installed a replacement Ethernet cable just before 6 p.m. on Friday, June 16. We had been blaming a beaver or otter for chewing through our Ethernet power-data cable, which goes underwater to our camera post. But it turns out a squirrel was the critter that damaged the line near our WiFi router.
Loon chicks might be on the way! "Our" loons are taking turns sitting on a nest hidden behind bushes on a small peninsula. Watch this video clip from just before 9p Friday and you'll become an eyewitness. First scanning the weeds and water for predators, one loon then leads our LoonCam right to their hidden nest.
We're grateful to Access Broadband of Virginia for the internet power helping us get these images out to the world.