LPC Loon Cam 2 ~ Mom Loons Rolls Her Eggs In Sync With Waves! 🌊 Beautiful Haunting Wails ♫ 7.3.24
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- This is footage from LPC Loon Cam 2 (not Cam 1 which I have previously covered) It is a separate loon nest and parents. On this nest, Mom loon is incubating two eggs which should hatch around July 17th. ♥ The Loon Preservation Committee puts out over 100 floating nest platforms for loons on the NH lakes each season!
Mom Loon will be seen rolling her eggs as the water is rocking and making little waves. It is a good thing she does not get sea sick lol You will see her slide off the nest to take a break and we have fantastic views of these beautiful eggs before she returns. Mom will do a series of wails...these are the signature call and sound of the loon. The wail is often considered the classic loon call. It is a long, drawn-out, mournful cry that often rises and falls in pitch.
There are four common loon sounds ~ the wail, yodel, tremolo, and hoot. Each species of loon has its own repertoire of calls, though there is some overlap between the sounds different species make. Out of the four common loon vocalizations, the wail carries the farthest and is one of the defining sounds of wilderness lakes in summer. Loons will call back and forth to each other using wails, which allows loon pairs or families to communicate over large distances.
Wailing serves several important purposes in loon communication such as defending territory, locating other loons, its mate or its chicks, or just to signal an alarm. Here Mom Loon was calling for her mate. Next time you are camping near a wilderness lake, listen closely after sunset to the haunting loon songs echoing across the water - they will mesmerize you! Thank you for watching!
To see the highlights below, please click on the timestamps to advance to that portion of the video.
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00:00 OPENING Mom loon on nest
00:27 Mom will roll her eggs in sync with the waves
01:45 Another egg roll
02:42 Mom leaves nest
03:45 Mom returns
06:31 Several haunting wails
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The loons are identified by coded leg bands.
Female: Left leg: white stripe (white background with a horizontal black stripe through the middle) over blue
Right leg: Silver over yellow stripe (yellow background with a horizontal black stripe through the middle)
Male:
Left leg: Blue stripe (blue background with a horizontal white stripe through the middle) over orange dot (orange background with a black dot in the middle)
Right leg: Blue dot (blue background with a white dot in the middle) over silver
The female at the Cam 2 nest was banded in 2017. She's been on territory in recent years, with the exception of 2023. That year, she was seen in this territory and in neighboring ones, but no pair ever settled down to nest.
Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk
Courtesy of LPC Preservation Committee Loon Cam - many thanks on this camera! #loonpreservationcommittee #loons #looncam #LPC
LPC’s mission is to restore and maintain a healthy population of loons throughout New Hampshire; to monitor the health and productivity of loon populations as sentinels of environmental quality; and to promote a greater understanding of loons and the larger natural world.
LPC Loon cam 1: th-cam.com/video/ANQ2BovpLVQ/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=LoonPreservationCommittee
LPC loon cam 2: th-cam.com/video/HBinQcVnEx4/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=LoonPreservationCommittee
Love the Iconic call of the Loons!!! Mom and Dad are experienced Mates and they both have taken great care of the eggs. Hope they both hatch. Then the fun begins! Thanks Lady Hawk!
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Hi Quiet Eagle and Happy Fourth of July!! I think we will see both eggs hatch here -they have been meticulous in incubating and rolling them! Can't wait to see those babies hatching and swimming around. Be prepared for the sibling rivalry though lol 😅💕
Such beautiful markings on them.
Love their wails 🎶 Hope dad is okay. -
Stephanie
Her eggs almost look metallic. She's such a pretty bird!
Hello Buteobaby yes they do and they are such a pretty color too!!! ♥
The markings on these birds..WoW..so beautiful..Thank you Lady Hawk for this special video
Hello Nook you are very welcome!! The loons really are stunning birds!! Glad you enjoyed the video and views!!
Wow, those eggs are larger than I remembered. Very beautiful fowl. Love their calls. Thanks, LH, enjoyed it.
Hello Mary and Happy 4th of July! ♥ The eggs do look quite large - I love this Cam 2 for the views of the eggs and loons! I will be covering the hatching at this nest in a couple of weeks!!
🦜What a gorgeous species! 🫡 🇺🇸 ✨️🎉
Thank you Lady Hawk. I always look forward to loon season after our beautiful eaglets have fledged and flown off to eagle adventures.
My pleasure Michele - I wish I had loons were I lived - they are so beautiful and I love their wails!
Oh black eggs how extraordinary 😮 ! Such a unique Duck specie incredible marvel of Nature 🎉❤
Hello Diane!! Yes a very incredible species and so beautiful! The loon eggs are not black - they are a dark olive green/brown. They are so pretty!! ♥
@@ladyhawk Thank you. It's prettier the color you describe 🤭
The colours and patterns on this beautiful bird will be my next embriodery ... What a beauty 😍 💖
Ohhhhh I would LOVE to see that embroidery!! That will be special Hellok!! ♥
@ladyhawk i will try to do a nice job but i cant promise😂
She rolls them with love and tenderness like all Mom birds (or sometimes Dad birds too😊) Nice to have news of this second nest, thank you Lady Hawk🤗❤
Hello Agnes you are very welcome! I usually follow LPC cam 1 but with this season - we may not have a hatch due to the new Mom not incubating her egg at night. We shall see - it may still hatch....This nest has some incredible views!!
@@ladyhawk Oh, sorry for the nest #1, but does the male also help her to incubate?
@@Agnes-hm7iv Yes the male is doing a great job! Who knows- maybe we will have a hatch there - just a bit of extra delayed incubation going on! I hope ♥♥
@@ladyhawk I hope so 🤗 🍀not easy to be a Mom for the first time 🥰
❤ What a beautiful nest and fantastic creations ❤ Thank you Lady Hawk 😊
Classic Katherine Hepburn from On Golden Pond when she imitates the loon call, LOL!
LOL perfect!! :)
Dear friend LH TY, what joy these 2 eggs we love 💓🦆🥚🥚, thank you for the video kisses happy 4th of July 🗽🎉& all our friends here
Hello dear Oriane ♥ Thank you on the 4th of July wishes!! Been celebrating here all day so far! Will be watching fireworks for tonight from our nation's capital Washington DC Have a great day 🦆🥚🥚🌹
Beautifully Mom Loon💞 and her Precious, Beautiful eggs ❤❤... Thankyou so much for sharing this Wonderful footage DearLadyHawk🤗💫🤗, greatly appreciate your info my friend ❤ Wishing you and all Friends a Wonderful July 4th Independence day 🥂🇺🇸❤🤗💞
Hello dear Serap! You are very welcome - a special edition for our loon viewers - the views from this cam of Mom and her eggs is spectacular! 🦆🥚🥚🌷 Thanks again and take care!! I will be getting ready for fireworks this evening!! 🗽🎆🎉🧨🎇♥
@@ladyhawk Dear Lady Hawk Happy July 4th celebrations my friend ❤ 🇺🇸🥂💙🤍💫, This certainly was a Special Edition my friend ❤ Your video was Beautiful ❤🥚🥚🌹Gergous views ❤, We are all hopeful for a Great season here 🤍💫🤍 Tysvm for your reply, Chat keeps Dissappearing lol , but I wish you a Wonderful evening, enjoy take care Be well and safe my friend, Love and big hugs God bless 🤍❤💙🥂🌹🤗🥰
Thanks so much! ❤
My pleasure Deb - glad you enjoyed these beautiful birds !
Shes so beautiful 😘😘😘
How beautiful ❤❤❤❤
Qué linda es !!! 😊😊😊😊
I am looking forward to appearing these babies. I wish them good luck. She is so beautiful.
Thanks a lot for your video!❤
Hello Sergei oh you will be in for a wonderful treat! Have you seen loon chicks before? They are all dark fluff and they are ready to start swimming in about 24 hours after hatching!! Mom is a beauty isn't she? ♥
@@ladyhawk Hello Lady Hawk!
Yes I saw. At first they don't look very similar to their parents.
These ducks are very beautiful .
Have a great day. Take care.
Happy 4th of July Lady Hawk.
I do believe the month or so of the loon cams is my absolute favorite. So thankful you follow - otherwise I would more than likely never found them.
Hello Brandi - you are very welcome!! I love the loons too and even though the watching period for the loons is short (like the goslings that jump) we get to enjoy this tranquil beautiful place and hear their wails and yodels and see the fuzzy little hatchling swimming after Mom and Dad!! There can be some drama so we always have to be prepared for that too! It is a great ride! ♥Happy 4th of July to you too!
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The loon leaving the nest has orange and black dot on the left leg, so is according to the description the male. The arriving loon is the female. But it really doesn’t matter. What matters is that both are 2 beautiful caring parents and partners.
LOL I got them backwards!! How in the world did I do that? I guess I need new glasses! Yes clearly the other way around - thank you!!
@@ladyhawk you’re welcome. Glad to be of help.
Beautiful and captivating mom loon from cam 2 🤍 🖤 Her two jewel like Fabergé shining eggs 🥚🥚 and out of this world wailing calls❤ What more could you want 😊🙏 One thing more 💟 your comprehensive and professional commentary about this unique species🦆 ✨💜 I have it all ♥️🤗💘 Thank you so much so much awesome Lady Hawk 😍💖🙏💐 🍓 And happy Independence Day to you and all American friends here 🤗☘️🌻 🎆🎈🎉🎂🎀 🤍🌊
Hello dear Emilia yes they do look like Faberge eggs!! Love the color of them - two precious jewels! Thank you for the compliment! I appreciate it and do try to give interesting information for everyone watching that may not be familiar with the loon species! 💞❤💙🤍🎇🎉✨🗽Happy Fourth!!
@@ladyhawk Lady Hawk 🤗 💞✨💖