[mou] Loon with chick at Carlos Avery

[Paul A. Lender]

I was at Carlos Avery yesterday late morning.  Nothing especially 
noteworthy, but I did see a pair Common Loons, one bearing a black chick on 
her[?] back, in Pool 6.

How common are nesting loons this far south?  Does anyone know their 
current southern limit?

"Birds in Minnesota" mentions that they nest as far south as Scott County, 
but that was in the mid 80s.

-- Paul Lender
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