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Vol. CXXIX — No. 35  •  Misquah, Minnesota  •  The Chain of Lakes
Tuesday, September 22, 2026  •  The Last Tuesday of Summer
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Issue No. 38ArchiveLakes & Outdoors

The Loons of Big Pelican

SEPT. 21 — ONE.

The remaining juvenile was on the water Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

By Tim Brevik  •  September 22, 2026

The remaining juvenile loon alone on Big Pelican.

The second Big Pelican juvenile has not gone. Greta Solberg, 12, checked Saturday from the north end, Sunday after church and Monday before school, and had one bird each time.

It is flying daily and feeding itself and has been ranging past the narrows and back. Its sibling left the night of September 5 into the 6, unwitnessed.

The log entry for Monday reads: SEPT. 21 — ONE.