The second COMMON LOON ever to land on the lake across the road is there
now. The first one stayed about a week when it was here about 10-15 years
ago. I spotted something down there this AM and as soon as I got the scope
on it all I got was part of a diving bird. The markings on the wings were
about all that made me think it was a loon, but that was enough to get me
down there. I got a mediocre look at it thru some brush on the side of the
lake, but I could see the telltale profile of a loon. I ran back up to the
house and got Laura. She got a better look at it than I did. Now all we need
to make her day is to have it sing sometime while it's here. Laura loves the
yodely song of the loon even more than I like the flute-like song of the
Wood Thrush, which I should hear any day now. Unfortunately Loons seldom
sing all that much when they migrate and you gotta go up north to hear them
sing on territory. Laura and I make a lot of trips up north in June just for
that reason. Keeps her happy.

Jerry Tarbell
With his yodely flute-like song in Carroll County

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