LOON 1479 "Watching over the young ones"

LOON 4798 "Loon on Elbow Lake" Gunflint Trail, MN

LOON 0939 "Young loon on a foggy morning"

LOON 1259 "Protective Parent"

LOON 1116 "Feeding the baby"

LOONS 0399 "Little Alien Eyes" Catching a ride on the back of its parent, a young Loon chick gives me 'the look' as they swim by. I thought the chick's eyes looked like alien eyes, hence the reasoning behind my title for this photo :-)

LOON 0769 "Play Time" One of the Loon chicks jumps playfully out of the water while the parents look on.

LOON 1198 "Young Loon"

LOON 1074 "Morning Ride"

LOON 0145 "Loon Family"

LOON 0498 "Feeding the chicks"

LOON 0698 "Morning Feeding"

LOON 0724 "We have TWO fish, one for each of you!"

LOON 1101 "Sparkling Loon" A Loon chick swims across the lake while the water sparkles all around it in the morning light.

LOON 0762 "Morning Meeting" One parent with chicks is joined by the other parent in the morning after a night apart.

LOON 0859 "They sure do grow fast!" This Loon chick, just one day shy of being two weeks old, is already twice the size it was a week ago.

LOON 0870 "I can stretch my wings just like Mom and Dad!"

LOON 0635 "Breakfast for the babies"

LOON 0602 "Loon with baby in morning fog"

LOON 0560 "Loon Family and Sunrise Fog"

LOON 9945-2 "Cuddle Time" A newly-born Loon chick snuggles up to its mother after a quick swim in the water.

LOON 0454 "Okay, who wants this one?" An adult Loon brings another minnow to its babies during an afternoon feeding.

LOON 0193 "Is it safe to come out?" A baby Loon peeks out from the protective cover of the wing of its parent.

LOON 0227 "Feeding the baby"