Go to Miller's Bay. Cut your engine and drift

James D. Paruk, Department of Biological Sciences Idaho State University, concluded  that the gathering of loons in the morning and afternoon may serve many purposes. In his paper, “Testing Hypothesis of Social Gatherings of Common Loons", Hydrobiologia 2006 567: 237-245 that the gatherings may serve for  information sharing, social skills development, co-operation, flock foraging and territorial stability to name but a few. To witness a raft of loons displaying calling, racing across the water upright is to have any day made perfect. Such was this day when my brother said, “The boat is at the dock. Get out on the lake!”

With an impending thunderstorm I decided to play it safe and not venture far. One of my favourite haunts is Miller’s Bay as many of you know, and, I concluded, that it was time to check on the osprey.