Pacific Loon Fledging

A Pacific loon chick swims with a parent Pacific loon outside a nest raft on a lake.
Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created
11/18/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The Pacific loon chick (right) swims with one parent (left) on August 12, 2022. Eighteen days later, one parent and the loon chick leave Connors Lake.
Species
Gavia pacifica