Jack Lake Loon Observations Year 2017 Dates - April 14 November 19 Number of Participants - 37 Date Time of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) April 14 Unrecorded Brooks Bay - 1 single loon observed on water and 2 birds flying May 13 Afternoon Rathbun Bay - 1 adult heard while flying (not seen). May 14 Morning Williams Bay (west end) - 1 adult May 20 Evening Rathbun Bay (north shore) - 2 adults observed near dock. May 21 Afternoon Narrows - 2 adults Steven and Karen Kerr June 2 Evening Rathbun Bay - 1 adult fishing June 3 Afternoon Johnson s Island - 2 adults June 3 Afternoon Lanz Island - 2 adults observed June 3 Afternoon Bass (Center) Bay - 1 single adult observed June 5 Unrecorded Brooks Bay (east side of Snake Island) June 10 Unrecorded Brooks Bay (east side of Snake Island) - 1 adult loon observed on its nest. - 1 adult loon observed on its nest.
Date Time of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) June 16 Afternoon Sheeps Bay - 1 adult June 18 Morning Lakewide - 9 single adults and 3 adult pairs. June 22 Unrecorded East Bay - 2 adults and 2 YOY observed and photographed. June 23 Unrecorded Brooks Bay (Snake Island) - Loon nest empty no sign of egg shells. Dawn Tower-DuBois et al. Dawn Tower-DuBois June 24 Unrecorded Brooks Bay - 2 YOY loons observed Kim Facey June 26 Unrecorded Sheeps Bay - 1 YOY observed Lori Heyd June 26 Unrecorded Long Bay - 1 YOY observed and Sarah Robertson photographed. June 26 Unrecorded Callahan Bay - 2 adults with 2 YOY Kim Reid June 27 Unrecorded Casement Island - 1 YOY observed on back of parent. Todd Hill June 28 Unrecorded Callahan Bay - 2 adults with 2 YOY Kim Reid July 1 Afternoon Rathbun Bay - 2 adults (0 YOY) Steven and Karen Kerr July 1 Afternoon Lanz Island (Williams Bay) - 2 adults (0 YOY) Steven and Karen Kerr July 3 Morning Williams-Long Bay - 1 adult and 1 YOY Steven and Karen Kerr
Time of Date Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) July 3 Morning McCoy Bay - 2 adults Steven and Karen Kerr July 6 Unrecorded Callahan Bay - Video taken of 2 adults and 2 YOY loons. Jen Marcuson July 6 Unrecorded Armstrong Island (Sharpe s Bay) - Loon nest with two unhatched eggs photos taken. Tom Newton July 8 Afternoon Lanz Island - 1 adult observed July 13 Unrecorded Armstrong Island (Sharpe s Bay) - One egg hatched YOY observed on back of parent 2 nd egg unhatched. Tom Newton and Ryan Kluake Early-mid July Unrecorded Williams Bay - One pair of adults observed (0 YOY) Eunice Speed July 22 Morning Rathbun Bay - 1 adult July 22 Morning Williams Bay - 1 adult July 22 Morning Long Bay - 2 adults and 1 YOY July 23 Morning Lakewide - Total of 26 loons counted (12 single adults, 5 pairs of adults and 4 YOY) Dawn Tower-DuBois et al. July 23 Morning Brooks Bay - YOY observed diving. -
Date Time of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) July 26 Unrecorded Brooks Bay - 2 adults and 2 YOY July 26 Unrecorded Rathbun Bay - 2 adults (0 YOY) July 29 Early morning Wager s Point - 9 adult loons observed in a single group. Judy Wagar-Kiffer July 29-31 Unrecorded Rathbun Bay - 3 adult birds observed Linda Tripp July 31 Unrecorded Sharpe s Bay - 9 adult loons observed in a single group. Late July Early morning Wager s Point - 5 adult loons observed in a single group. Judy Wagar-Kiffer Janine Marie August 3 Evening Rathbun Bay - 2 adults August 8 Evening Bass (Center) Bay - 1 adult August 10 Noon Rathbun Bay - 1 vocal adult. August 10 Noon Long Bay (east) - 1 adult with 1 large YOY August 10 Noon McCoy Bay - 1 adult August 11 Noon Brooks Bay - 1 adult with 2 YOY August 11 Noon Williams Bay - 1 adult August 11 Noon Center Bay - 3 adults -
Time Date of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) August 12 Noon Brooks Bay - 1 adult observed August 12 Noon Callahan Bay - 1 adult with 2 YOY. August 12 Noon Center Bay - 2 adults August 19 Evening Rathbun Bay - 1 adult very close to dock on north shore. August 20 Morning Lakewide - 37 loons observed (18 single adults, 6 adult pairs and 7 YOY) Dawn Tower-Dubois et al. August 20 Noon Center Bay - 1 adult August 24 Unrecorded McCoy Bay - 8 adult loons in one congregation. Nicole Dodds August 26 Unrecorded Brooks Bay - 1 adult Steven and Karen Kerr August 26 Unrecorded Center Bay - 1 adult Steven and Karen Kerr August 26 Unrecorded Sharpe s Bay - 1 adult Steven and Karen Kerr August 26 Unrecorded Williams Bay - 11 adults in one congregation. August 26 Unrecorded Center Bay (Wagar s Point) - 12 adults in one congregation. Suzy Cork Judy Wagar-Kiffer August 27 Unrecorded Callahan Bay - 1 adult with 1 large YOY and Arnold Tripp -
Date Time of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) August 27 Unrecorded Rathbun Bay - 1 adult and Arnold Tripp August 27 Unrecorded Sheeps Bay - 2 adults and Arnold Tripp August 27 Unrecorded Brooks Bay - 1 adult and Arnold Tripp September 7 Morning Center Bay (Wagar s Point) - 1 dead adult observed no obvious signs of death. Judy Wagar-Kiffer September 9 Unrecorded Center Bay (near Wagar s Point) - One single adult observed Steven and Allan Kerr September 17 September 23 Morning Lakewide - 29 loons observed (13 single adults, 4 adult pairs and 8 juveniles). Afternoon Robbins Bay (near narrows) - 1 large juvenile (YOY) loon Dawn Tower-DuBois et al. Steven, Karen and Allan Kerr September 23 Afternoon Center (Bass) Bay - 2 adults (pair) Steven, Karen and Allan Kerr September 25 September 26 Unrecorded Williams Bay - 1 large juvenile (YOY) Afternoon Brooks Bay - 2 large juveniles (YOY) Denyse Martial Denyse Martial October 7 Unrecorded Callahan Bay - Two loons (one juvenile and one unknown) Steven, Allan and Andrew Kerr and Elaine Martin
Date Time of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) October 7 Unrecorded Sheeps Bay (west) - One large juvenile observed Steven, Allan and Andrew Kerr and Elaine Martin Sheeps Bay (east) - One large juvenile Steven, Allan and Andrew Kerr and Elaine Martin Brooks Bay - No loons Steven, Allan and Andrew Kerr and Elaine Martin October 8 Afternoon Narrows - One large juvenile Afternoon Williams Bay - One large juvenile observed October 8 Evening Rathbun Bay - One large juvenile Evening Sharpe s Bay - One large juvenile Evening Narrows - Two large juveniles Evening Williams Bay - One large juvenile Neill Lanz and Denyse Martial Neill Lanz and Denyse Martial Allan Kerr Allan Kerr Allan Kerr Allan Kerr October 14 Early morning Rathbun Bay - Loon heard Karen Kerr Noon Sharpe s Bay (near Wagar s) - One large juvenile Steven and Karen Kerr -
Date Time of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) Noon Narrows - One large juvenile Steven and Karen Kerr - Same loon noticed later in the afternoon. Noon Williams/Long Bay - One large juvenile observed Noon Robbins Bay (south end) - One large juvenile - Same (?) bird observed later in the afternoon. - October 21 Noon Rathbun Bay - One large juvenile Noon Robbins Bay - One large juvenile Steven and Karen Kerr Steven and Karen Kerr Allan and Karen Kerr Allan and Karen Kerr October 22 Not reported Brooks Bay - Two large juveniles Not reported Robbins Bay - One large juvenile November 13 Noon Rathbun Bay - One large juvenile November 18 Not reported Center Bay - One large juvenile Not reported Brooks Bay - One large juvenile observed
Date Time of Day Location Loon Observations Observer(s) November 19 Not reported Center Bay - One large juvenile
2017 CLLS Volunteer Participants CORK, Suzy CORK, Tim DODDS, Nicole DUBOIS, Bill DUBOIS, Bob DUBOIS, Marcine FACEY, Kim HEYD, Lori HILL, Todd HYSENAJ, Sheelagh KERR, Allan KERR, Karen KERR, Steven KLUAKE, Ryan MARCUSON, Jen MARIE, Janine MARTIAL, Denyse MOULTON, Doug MOULTON, Eileen NEWTON, Tom PERUN, Jean PERUN, Jim PHILLIPS, Pat QUARRY, Alan QUARRY, Susan REID, Ken ROBERTSON, Sarah SPEED, Eunice SPEED, Guy SPENCE, Chris
SPENCE, Hugh TOWER-DUBOIS, Dawn TRIPP, Arnold TRIPP, Linda WAGAR-KIFFER, Judy WARD, Pat WARD, Victor