Do you ever woner where the loons are on their migration journey? In 1998 the USGS's did a Common Loon Migration Study. This tracked five loons from lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin on their journey south to the Atlantic Ocean. From this, we know that loons usually stage on the Great Lakes, specifically Lake Michigan, late into the fall before continuing south.
On Sunday, November 16th we received a report of a loon in Chicago. This loon was in Belmont Harbor for the day, and was even photographed! See photos.
If you are around southern Lake Michigan, this is a great time to be out loon watching!
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- LoonWatch is a program of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. Our mission is to protect loons and their breeding habitat through education, monitoring, and research.
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The Canoe was drifting off the islands, and the time had come for the calling, that moment of magic in the north when all is quiet and the water still iridescent with the fading glow of sunset. Even the shores seemed hushed and waiting for the first lone call, and when it came, a single long-drawn mournful note, the quiet was deeper than before.
-Sigurd Olson The Singing Wilderness
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