{"id":795,"date":"2020-10-30T20:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T02:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/?p=795"},"modified":"2020-11-18T09:25:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:25:53","slug":"migrating-loons-at-first-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/30\/migrating-loons-at-first-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrating Loons at First Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I kayaked Lake Rescue in 29 degrees this morning to see how it looked with its trees, some still fall-tinged, cloaked in soft early snow, and encountered an astonishing 25 loons swimming together back and forth in the south end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"796\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?attachment_id=796\" class=\"wp-image-796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-red-bridge-2-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I assume they were a migrating group that came from the Adirondack lakes and were gathering up others on their way migrating to the Atlantic coast. They made no sound, just swam together, occasionally craning their necks or ruffling their wings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"797\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?attachment_id=797\" class=\"wp-image-797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-1-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"798\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?attachment_id=798\" class=\"wp-image-798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-3-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"799\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?attachment_id=799\" class=\"wp-image-799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-4-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"801\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?attachment_id=801\" class=\"wp-image-801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-6-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"802\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?attachment_id=802\" class=\"wp-image-802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-9-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, they took to the air, flying together in three or four glorious circles around the lake, sometimes, right over my head, before heading off to parts unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-2-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-2-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-2-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-2-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-2-2048x1375.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/25-loons-flying-2048x1374.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodbye, loons. Safe travels. Thanks for the memories. See you next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Addendum: <\/strong>I have since learned that these birds are in fact not loons but <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/White-winged_Scoter\/id\" target=\"_blank\">white-winged scoters<\/a><\/strong>. Still stunning.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I kayaked Lake Rescue in 29 degrees this morning to see how it looked with its trees, some still fall-tinged, cloaked in soft early snow, and encountered an astonishing 25 loons swimming together back and forth in the south end. I assume they were a migrating group that came from the Adirondack lakes and were &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/30\/migrating-loons-at-first-snow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Migrating Loons at First Snow&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,15],"tags":[255,263,27,55,261,262,37],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lisa-blogger","category-vermont","tag-birdwatching","tag-lakerescue","tag-messysuitcase","tag-okemovalley","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-vermont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions\/810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}