[mou] Why did the Loon cross the road?/Otter Tail Co

[Pat DeWenter]

About 20 years ago we had a similar incident happen.  Bob found a baby loon
chick behind our garage.  It still had its fluffy gray feathers, and was
unable to walk or fly.  The 2 parents were calling frantically from the
lakeshore, one in the water and the other flapping along the shoreline and
trying to walk up toward the house.  The garage is about 150 ft. from the
lake.  I picked it up and couldn't find any ruffled feathers or injury to
the bird, so I returned it to the lake and 2 very grateful loon
parents.   All 3 swam away, and we watched the baby grow up to be a fine
looking loon!   We still wonder, when looking at pictures, how that baby
loon got to that location.  If it had been picked up by an eagle or hawk, I
would have thought there would have been some sign of injury.

Pat DeWenter
Bemidji
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