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Connors Lake Loon Cam - 2011

The Loon Cam is back.  Big Thank You's to the co-sponsors of this season's live streaming video: Cornell Lab of Ornithology's NestCams program (http://watch.birds.cornell.edu/nestcams/camera/index) and Alaska Dispatch (http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/alaska-loon-cam)!

The pair of Pacific Loons returned during the first week of May as soon as the ice was gone.  The same female has nested here every year since at least 2003 when she was banded.  A single egg was laid on May 20.  A chick hatched on June 15 but disappeared when it went on its first swim, probably snatched by a Bald Eagle.  

The loon pair re-nested, which is highly unusual, and laid two more eggs by the end of June.  Chicks hatched July 20-21. The live video for this second effort was hosted by Alaska Dispatch.  One of the  juveniles flew off from the lake around September 20.  The other juvenile left about a week later, thus ending another very successful season for the Pacific Loons on Connors Lake! 

To contribute to the Loon Cam project, please make checks out to Anchorage Audubon Society with "Loon Cam" in the memo line. A video of the highlights of the 2003 season is available for a donation of $50. Please specify VHS videotape or DVD. Mail donations to:

Loon Cam Project
Anchorage Audubon Society

        P.O. Box 101161

        Anchorage, AK 99510

Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law.

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