Loons...

This is something that I get to experience frequently, and others do not. The beauty of a lake in Michigan, with loons. 

Loons are amazing. They usually only have one baby. Loons are kind of cruel, they run off other birds, and the babies, the babies usually only one survives, but not always because of outside predators. They fight each other and often times kill one another.  They also make the craziest noises.... 

 When the duckling is still small enough it rides on the mother's back sometimes. I think this is probably because of predators. Sometimes snapping turtles will kill the babies when they pull them under the water, nature isn't always very nice.

But I did get some nice pictures of the birds. 

Location: Fair Lake, Delton Michigan