Loons- somewhere in the ADKs

poconoron · 09-05-2020, 08:02 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUa32YuxRI

IndLk_Brett · 09-05-2020, 01:09 PM

Awesome vid! There aren't too many things that I enjoy about being outside more than loons.

St.Regis · 09-06-2020, 08:58 AM

Great video. I like hearing them call on a still night when most everthing else is silent except the crackling of the fire. For me, loons are an integral part of the experience

SteveSam · 09-09-2020, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by St.Regis

Great video. I like hearing them call on a still night when most everthing else is silent except the crackling of the fire. For me, loons are an integral part of the experience

Awesome video, love listening to the loons at night. A key part of the experience. Thanks for sharing.

poconoron · 09-10-2020, 12:32 PM

Thanks for the comments, guys...............I've taken 3 separate overnighter or more trips in the past 3 weeks and loons were incredibly active - day and night.

poconoron · 09-15-2020, 10:51 AM

pics not coming through for me..............

WinterWarlock · 09-16-2020, 07:31 AM

Was just up in the St Regis area camping, and saw quite a few. Always a thrill to see them, but the pair of loons on St Regis Pond who had a marital scream-fest at 3:30AM were not as well appreciated.

Wldrns · 09-16-2020, 08:34 AM

I see and hear loons quite often at my new camp on a small no-motors allowed lake in the western Adirondacks. We have a nesting family each year. Lake residents respect and know not to chase or frighten them. As we are paddlers only, the loons do not dive or retreat when paddlers silently wander nearby, unlike the much more cautious loons I see on larger motorized lakes. My 4 yr old granddaughter went on her first canoe excursion this year, and was totally fascinated at seeing the loons and baby chicks swimming nearby. She can't wait to "go camping' (as she says) again.

When I moved there I was told that land owners contribute to pay for stocking of trout each year, which they say probably goes a long way to feeding the loons (and the otters which I have also seen).

MTVhike · 09-16-2020, 05:55 PM

I was camping at Rollins Pond last weekend and we witnessed a "marital scream fest" as you describe it! Fortunately, it was in the late afternoon.

WinterWarlock · 09-16-2020, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVhike

I was camping at Rollins Pond last weekend and we witnessed a "marital scream fest" as you describe it! Fortunately, it was in the late afternoon.

They can be very loud!

09-05-2020, 08:02 AM	#1
poconoron Backcountry Wanderer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pocono Mts, Pa. and Adirondacks Posts: 840	Loons- somewhere in the ADKs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUa32YuxRI __________________ Ahh............Wilderness.......

09-10-2020, 12:32 PM	#5
poconoron Backcountry Wanderer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pocono Mts, Pa. and Adirondacks Posts: 840	Thanks for the comments, guys...............I've taken 3 separate overnighter or more trips in the past 3 weeks and loons were incredibly active - day and night. __________________ Ahh............Wilderness.......

09-15-2020, 10:51 AM	#6
poconoron Backcountry Wanderer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pocono Mts, Pa. and Adirondacks Posts: 840	pics not coming through for me.............. __________________ Ahh............Wilderness.......

09-16-2020, 07:31 AM	#7
WinterWarlock One foot in front of the other Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Schroon Lake, NY Posts: 2,274	Was just up in the St Regis area camping, and saw quite a few. Always a thrill to see them, but the pair of loons on St Regis Pond who had a marital scream-fest at 3:30AM were not as well appreciated. __________________ “Death is the only wise advisor that we have. Whenever you feel, as you always do, that everything is going wrong and you're about to be annihilated, turn to your death and ask if that is so. Your death will tell you, 'I haven't touched you yet.” Carlos Castenada

09-16-2020, 08:34 AM	#8
Wldrns Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Western Adirondacks Posts: 4,285	I see and hear loons quite often at my new camp on a small no-motors allowed lake in the western Adirondacks. We have a nesting family each year. Lake residents respect and know not to chase or frighten them. As we are paddlers only, the loons do not dive or retreat when paddlers silently wander nearby, unlike the much more cautious loons I see on larger motorized lakes. My 4 yr old granddaughter went on her first canoe excursion this year, and was totally fascinated at seeing the loons and baby chicks swimming nearby. She can't wait to "go camping' (as she says) again. When I moved there I was told that land owners contribute to pay for stocking of trout each year, which they say probably goes a long way to feeding the loons (and the otters which I have also seen). __________________ "Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." -Walt Whitman

09-05-2020, 01:09 PM	#2
IndLk_Brett Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 244	Awesome vid! There aren't too many things that I enjoy about being outside more than loons.

09-06-2020, 08:58 AM	#3
St.Regis Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,415	Great video. I like hearing them call on a still night when most everthing else is silent except the crackling of the fire. For me, loons are an integral part of the experience

09-16-2020, 05:55 PM	#9
MTVhike Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Elizabethtown Posts: 276	I was camping at Rollins Pond last weekend and we witnessed a "marital scream fest" as you describe it! Fortunately, it was in the late afternoon.

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