{"id":17928,"date":"2016-07-17T07:53:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=17928"},"modified":"2016-07-17T07:53:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T14:53:32","slug":"loon-preening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=17928","title":{"rendered":"Loon preening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For a loon, preening seems to be a mixture of grooming and calisthenics.<\/p>\n

I watched two loons, seemingly lollygagging about the Lake. However, they were intent upon preening, an activity with many functions. <\/p>\n

One loon waggles its foot, presumably merely to stretch, while the other preens.
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Then the bird on the right flexes its wings. It is really important to keep in shape.
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