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My Mom heard the first loon of the season yesterday on Otisco Lake. It sounded like it was going bonkers.

Did anyone see any up there yet, or hear one?

It's great to know they're coming back, and good fishing will be here too. :P

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Hey Ty, cool when the loons go "LOONY"

We have a big swamp behind our house and my wife told that she heard the loons a couple of days ago for the first time this year.

They come to the swamp to breed and they make noise all night for about the next 6 weeks or so then there is babies all over the lake.
They stay until mid summer then they move on until next year when it starts all over...so i will get woken up lots in the next little while...but that is 8) 8) to have them so close.

We also have 8 giant Trumpeter Swans that come back every year since we have been living here...four pairs every year so I assume they are the same ones.

Take Care TT.

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Saw one a week ago on the Ottawa River near the Parkway.
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none so far..........

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Pretty sure I saw one on Lake O yesterday. Lot's of ducks, geese and cormorants but this had the colours and profile of a loon.
Can't wait to hear them this year back at the cottage.
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Big Jim wrote: We also have 8 giant Trumpeter Swans that come back every year since we have been living here..

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Maybe i'll hand deliver the merchandise instead of sending it by Purolator, after all ....... :wink:

I can just see it now ,,, Speckled trout report with Trumpeter Swans .... 8) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I hung out with a couple of loons today working with Terry_F and John Cheng and my buddy Eric but have not actually seen any of the featherd ones yet but sure they are around. Hope you guys get another couple of massive Largies this year!
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Flying signs of spring........

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Haven't seen or heard any Loons here on the Rideau as of yet, but the Osprey & Herons are here.

So that's great news ! If the Osprey are fishing..........we should be too !

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Big Jim wrote:Hey Ty, cool when the loons go "LOONY"

We have a big swamp behind our house and my wife told that she heard the loons a couple of days ago for the first time this year.

They come to the swamp to breed and they make noise all night for about the next 6 weeks or so...so i will get woken up lots in the next little while...but that is 8) 8) to have them so close...

BIG JIM
We took a short drive along our side of the lake today in search of the "loony loons" and found one. White caps made it tough to see much, but it was nice to spot one after a long winter without them.

I've nicknamed a loon "Chopin" that hangs out around our cottage shoreline at Wolfe; his wails are unusual and a little different than the others and after 2 summers of listening, I can pick him out by listening... and he wakes me up a lot. I don't mind so much! Last year he had a girlfriend, "Claire". :wink: The absolute coolest thing was to watch him one morning right off my dock in crystal clear, still water -- I was able to see him under the water, picking minnows out of the weeds like it was simple, and could check out the wild way he swam with his neck and feet pumping away. It was amazing!

So neat about your trumpeter swans. They probably get pretty territorial, don't they?!

Hope you're feeling OK these days Big Jim. Spring has sprung. :D

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Post by Out4trout »

Hi Ty
Yep - they are back, but not in their full numbers yet.
Saw 2 on Charleston and heard 1 on Lower Beverley this weekend.

They don't waste time with the short season - will be paired up and building nests in the next couple of weeks....
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First wood duck from two weeks ago....... 8) 8)

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I was in Kelowna last week and saw a couple on Okanagan Lake, I also saw a ton of quayle (sp) I had never seen one up until then...Was on silver lake over the weekend and did not see any sign of life....could be that I was the only living thing crazy enough to be out in those chilly conditions :lol:
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Saw 6 on Sunday huddled together.....freezin their loonies off... :lol:
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We've heard a few spring peepers this past week, as well. Amazing little things: their bodies actually partially freeze over the course of hibernation...something we could never survive, and yet this little bugger does routinely.

A welcome sound of spring:

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/peepcall.wav :D

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