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Smiling Loon

Posted by Jennifer Sigmon,
North Country explorer from Asbury Park NJ
August 21, 2026 —

We set out in our canoe hoping to see loons. About an hour later, this smiling face was just ahead of us on the water. Momma was not far and called him to breakfast just a moment later.