Common Loon Parent and Baby Chick (Piggy Back Fun!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2013
- Watch this common loon mother and her six day old chick interact, including piggy back rides, diving, and wing flaps. The haunting loon call can be heard at the end of the video.
I was fortunate to stumble across this common loon nest site and timed the birth of this loon chick perfectly.
Location: Rideau River, Merrrickville, Ontario - Canada
Date: July 3, 2013
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I can feel her pride and protectfulness 🥰 mommas everywhere can relate
They definitely are protective - both Mom and Dad.
Thanks for watching :)
loons are so pure. I was kayaking in southern Maine and I hung out with a loon, dragonfly on my knee and a grumpy beaver.
"grumpy beaver"...leave the wife home next time.
@@hazimfaquar2874 lmao
Sure, I'm anthropomorphizing but I like to imagine the male having a brief freakout after the chick dives at 0:20.
"Junior? Where did you go-oh, right. We're diving birds."
Zman579 Hahaha! Too funny! Perfect video for a voice over ;)Thanks for watching...Cheers,Justin
"Shaun? Shhaaaaauuun!"
My heart rate just dropped ten points I am sure. So peaceful.
Until my mid twenties I lived in a cottage up in Ontario on a clean freshwater lake. My favourite past time was canoeing up to the loons ~ or wagering with my brothers where they would pop up again.
Nothing captures Canada's wilds like the call of this magnificent bird.
Went up north to my dad's place to do some tenting. had the pleasure to fall asleep to some look calls. it's a haunting but beautiful sound
I've never seen a waterfowl carry its baby on its back like that. That's amazing.
Swans also do it.
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@@hannahdigioia692 so cute!
Swans do it too :D
That boat look so great!
Yes, Shawn - loons generally mate for life. Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Justin
Hey George - Thanks for the kind words. I was extremely happy to spend two mornings with the parents and young chick; both days it hitching a ride. I was back out again yesterday. The chick is now 16 days old. It has tripled in size, started to change colour, and is quite independent from it's parents - diving and swimming a good 100 yards away. They definitely grow up quick!
Hope your summer has been a great one so far my friend...
Cheers,
Justin
I'm from upstate NY and seeing your lovely footage reminds me so much of home! We live on a lake, so my family used to see Loons giving their chicks piggyback rides a fair bit! I just hope this baby lived on through the season bc it's a real cutie :) thanks for posting your lovely footage!!
Glad you enjoyed the footage...and yes, there is something so peaceful and wonderful about loons. This same family just had a new chick hatch this past Saturday. I just uploaded the video.
Thanks for watching :)
Gorgeous mother and adorable chick!!!
I sure love Loons.
chicks learn to dive earlier than i thought! good vid pan technique, esp if you are shooting your 500 sig. good job!
Favorite bird of mine! It's nice where I am on a lake, we have loons here and it's really nice to hear their call
One of my favorite bird species ..beautiful filming!
When I saw how that baby just got up on its mother's back and peacefully 'let life go by' it reminded me of the quote "Let go and let God'...such quiet rest in doing that! :)
HI JUSTIN..I never thought I would see the little chick on his mothers back like that..WOW ! Great pics..THANKS for doing such a good job. You sure must be a patient photographer.. Keep up the good work as I will be watching for more ..Enjoy the great outdoors & have a great summer.Your friend in Manitoba....George
You are so lucky to have common loons (great northern divers) during summer looking and sounding like that. Here in England I'm lucky if I see one or two each year and even then they are either in winter plumage or juveniles, which are so different they could almost be different birds. Thanks for the video, maybe one year I'll get to see one like this.
thank you for this. Loons are a symbol of the beauty of the wilderness
That is the most precious thing
Glad you enjoyed the footage... and thanks for watching :)
I love this bird. Best memories are of it in upstate N.Y.
Such beautiful birds!!!! Used to have a vacation cabin up at Lake Almanor in Cali and we would hear these guys everytime during dusk and dawn. Really nice especially when the lake was still with most people already inside or not awake yet. Added a lot to the lake atmosphere and I will never forget that feeling or that sound. Had the sell the cabin when I was 13.
So adorable!!
Glad you enjoyed the footage. Thanks for watching :)
Mas que ternura mais linda ; maman e filho. A naturesa è maravilhosa....
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! Thank you! =)♥
So cute!😍
Thanks for watching :)
love it seen it many times in Sebago area bring on summer !!
Thanks, Helena - glad you enjoyed it. Sorry to hear that a nesting site wasn't found by your pair - fingers crossed for next spring!
Cheers,
Justin
12 people have no soul. How can you NOT like this
Beautiful video
Thanks... glad you enjoyed it 😊
Loved your video. We have Loons on our lake but looks like they did no find a nesting spot.
Helena Garcia
I went here from Vox they tackled on why many movies used loon calls. It is indeed an interesting bird.
Great footage!
Remarkable footage!
Awe cuteness overload when baby gets tired mama gives a ride.......
Glad you enjoyed the clips! Thanks for watching...
@@JustinHoffman love them if you are able please keep them coming, I cannot travel.
So cute! Napping right on Mama!
Very nice, thank you!
it looks so cute and I didn't know before that they had so nice wolves like voices. Nature (Miracle of THE CREATOR) is a mother whom all should respect to.
That's good stuff
very nice
Fantastic!
Omg soo adorable human babies are ugly. Look at this adorable baby Loon and his momma.
Thanks, Dale. Yes, this was shot with the 500mm lens. I mount it on my tripod, which is on the deck of the boat, and pan easily with that. To bad TH-cam degrades the quality of HD videos so badly upon uploading.
Yes, the chicks certainly catch on quickly. Will be fun to watch this little one grow over the next few months...
Cheers,
Justin
Proud to be Canadian 😉❤️
Beautiful animal, I wish I was Canadian. I am so passionate about Canada.
Definitely a beautiful country. Thanks for watching...
Thanks, Red :)
1:14 the cuteness!
Iam love loon so cute baby loon 😊❤
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing it. The common loon is my all time favorite bird. I so enjoyed your video. I do wildlife photography and would live to photograph them someday. That would be a dream come true. They aren't seen much in south central PA.
Interesting to learn they aren't so prevalent in PA. So many up here! Good luck in your search, Bill!
I'm moving to Minnesota in a few years, one because I absolutely love it up there, two because loons.
There is something magical about them, that's for sure :)
@@JustinHoffman I used to spend summer and Christmas break up pretty far north when I was a kid. Would always venture out with the surrounding neighbor kids. The rule was to come home when the loons call, oh the times before cell phones lol.
Great memories. I am lucky as all of the lakes and rivers here support healthy populations of loons. They are a very common site. Itching to get out on the water to check on my two nests. Hopefully in the next week or two.
I love how the duckling pops out of the water... lol.
How come when I visit Rideau River, it's always these mean Canada geese chasing and slapping the shit outta me with their wings! :(
Beautiful
Glad you enjoyed the footage :)
It’s 2019 love this video. What’s with the thumbs down.
Already diving at 6 days old!
trés beau!!!!
Merci! :)
Hey ive been trying to talk to somebody..i found one of these on my patio in las vegas
very nice video.
Cheers, Jonathan - and thanks for watching.
awww
Jimmy - The camera is a Canon 7d with a Sigma 150-500mm lens. This video was shot in HD, but unfortunately, TH-cam has a way of lessening the video quality upon upload.
Thanks for watching!
Cheers,
Justin
Wow absolutely amazing. The grebes carry chicks as well. This is a bird I knew nothing about. Is it in duck family?? It is a beautiful bird. I see it but still confused about the species. Ty for sharing.
The loon is a member of the bird family, Linda. Very common in these parts. Where are you located?
Hi Justin hope your doing well in these Covid days it's been some time since getting an up date on the Loons If you are still filming them I would love to know how they are and if there doing well, it's a Beautiful time of year spring has sprung here in Cornwall England 🏴
All the Best Yvonne Mullion Cornwall
Hi Yvonne! Doing well here and hope the same for you. Bit early for our loons still. Some of our lakes and rivers still have ice on them, and it is about a month away from me getting the boat out and doing any searching. Early May is when I start actively checking the nest sites, and I definitely will be shooting more footage then and later in the summer when (hopefully) some chicks are born. Weather has been quite spring like here the last week or so, but saying that, they are forecasting 5-10 CM's of snow for Thursday, so still a bit of winter left!! lol
Proud to be Canadian (:
I hear Red-winged Blackbirds
I didn't know we had loons in Ottawa!
Melanie Sander This is south of Ottawa, in Merrickville, but they are throughout the entire Rideau system.
Merrickville isn't that far really though. My family has a cottage on the French River which is amazing but it's a good 5 hour drive. Maybe I can find them closer :) Thanks!
wow - great nature and footage - wonderful sound! All the best dear Justin - great week - stay safe - warm greetings Petra (I have sub :)!
Thank you for the kind words and happy to hear you enjoyed the footage. Thanks for watching!
Yea this world will make you crazy .
Justin, are loons like ducks when it comes to picking a mate? I heard ducks have the one mate their entire life.
Duck bodies and genitalia are adapted to a life of vicious gang rape. The male usually doesn't even help with the eggs. That said, I did have one regular mallard couple come around for food for three years in a row.
Great photography... was wondering what camera/lens? Thanks
This was shot with a Canon 70D and Sigma 150-500mm.
Sure hope baby survives into adulthood ...
This chick was visible in the fall, which was great to see :)
Sure looks like he's got a great Mama, so we can hope for the best. :)
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oh my... Becky had kids.
Minnesota state bird😊
How did you know if this is the Mother or the Father
I actually didn't. This was my first time filming loons (this video is quite old) and I didn't yet know the behaviours of loons. So, titling it 'mother' was incorrect (or possibly) as both parents take part in the rearing and piggy back rides and are indistinguishable to the naked eye.
what camera and lens do u use
why only one chick?
Seriusa1 For some reason, most of the loons of this stretch of river the last two years only had one chick. Unfortunately, this same pair that I filmed nested once again this spring in the same spot. She was sitting on two eggs. I found the nest abandoned, with no eggs, less than a week before they were to hatch. Predation I would assume. Hopefully they nest again - and successfully - in the same spot again next season.
Can you please do one with its songs
Will give it a go this summer :)
alot of the times the mom will have the baby on when she senses danger. who knows ive seen lunge snap them up not a fun thing to see.
where a the wrest
If you mean where are the rest of the babies, this loon family only had one chick. It is either one or two eggs to a nest. Only a single one on this one.
I think I heard a yellow warbler around 1:54.
EngelSpiel damn you have a good ear! Would've guessed it as a house finch or song sparrow.
Man I envy all you Canadians! One of the most gorgeous places on the planet, still packed with plenty of amazing wildlife. Plus, your citizens are so much smarter, friendlier & better informed than we destructive Yanks.
Elaine Snow I am very proud to call Canada home, Elaine. The beauty and wildlife is astounding - and there is so much of it to discover.Thanks for watching...Cheers,Justin
Dunno about that. Ya'll elected Tracuck.
Ever heard of Alaska?
Guess you'd be better off if ya git to movin' up there now, eh?
Ew with the self-loathing shit. You'll find smart and dumb people wherever you go, you are one of the dumb people clearly.
Where's Dad?
Hi Cecelia,Dad was approx. 100 yards away, fishing merrily. Saying that, the sexes are very hard to tell apart, and they do share parenting roles, so this very well could be Dad and Mom was away fishing. Hard to say. Thanks for watching...
I’m here from family guy
Did you know baby Loons are called “Loonlets?” I didn’t know ‘til today and now it’s my favorite fact ever 🥲🥰
These guys are so cute, I miss hearing their calls
Awww. Now that is a pretty adorable fact. Thanks for sharing ☺️