A little family time up north

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A little family time up north

Updated: July 5, 2012 - 7:39 PM

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For the first time in recent memory, loons have nested and are With recent boating activity over the busy 4th of July week, the loons have retreated to a secluded bay of the lake with little disturbance.

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Nothing says summer more than the sound of a loon, Minnesota's state bird, resonating over one of its thousands of lakes. On Lake Elora, near Canyon, northwest of Duluth, for the first time in recent memory, loons have nested and are successfully raising a chick. With the rise in boating activity over the busy July 4th holiday week, the loons have retreated to a secluded bay with little disturbance. Chicks can leave the nest a day after birth, according to the National Audubon Society, but they often ride on the backs of their mothers and cannot fly for their first three months.