Before swallowing a crab, waterbirds must strip off the legs, or the pointed ends can puncture the esophagus. If they don't get this right, it can permanently change their life.
The last image is of an adult loon, that lost its left eye. I watched this loon for several years. Sadly, it's been spending its life (year-round) on coastal waters, where other loons only overwinter, before the other loons head back inland to lakes and ponds in the spring, for the nesting season.
This one-eyed loon stays on the coast all year, perhaps because it does not have enough depth perception to fly
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Late addition: I would love to see this loon again at the estuary. It would probably mean that it did fly inland for summers on a pond or lake. But I have not seen it in several years.
Before swallowing a crab, waterbirds must strip off the legs, or the pointed ends can puncture the esophagus. If they don't get this right, it can permanently change their life.
The last image is of an adult loon, that lost its left eye. I watched this loon for several years. Sadly, it spent its life (year-round) on coastal waters, where loons overwinter, before heading back inland to lakes and ponds in the spring, for the nesting season.
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Late addition: I would love to see this loon again at the estuary. It would probably mean that it did fly inland for summers on a pond or lake.
Feb 19, 2022 at 02:59 PM
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