In his Great Book "SONG OF THE SKY" Guy Murchie tells this tale... he wrote....
"I heard of a Loon that made the mistake of alighting on a small pond set amid a forest of tall pines.When he wanted to take off an hour later,he found himself stymied. He could not climb steeply enough to clear the trees or turn sharply enough to spiral out..He was seen thrashing along over the water,whipping the waves with his wings to get underway,even pedaling at the water desperately with his webbed feet before getting into the air. He almost made it a couple of times,but nearly got killed crashing into the big trees,then plowing back through the underbrush on his sprained wish bone. Finally he had to give up.But this particular loon was lucky.After four frustrated days in his pond jail,a very strong wind came up and enabled him to take off and climbed so steeply against it, that he just brushed between the tree tops and was free!!"
A great Story I thought,I felt the Loons Pain...Over the years One do do something stupid like that..and like a stupid Loon ya may luck out!
If ya never heard a Loon? Once ya did you will not forget it!!...Vin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENNzjy8QjU
