Friends, this is a rare image of the whole loon family in one frame.  Usually the chicks are on the back of one parent while the other parent is off fishing, grooming or doing what single loons do.  This pair have very young chicks and are sticking together and both participating in feeding the chicks and spell each other with babysitting duties.  The dark head and red eye are difficult to expose properly and to get both head positions in the right plane takes a great deal of my patience :). But I was patient and after about 40 GB of images over six days, i finally got this image which captures the whole family with good eyes and on a sunny day.  Perseverance pays off. til Tomorrow MJ