A family visit to Lake Placid resulted in Kathryn Xu seeing loons for the first time and mistakenly identifying one as a duck. Both Kathryn and Sabrina Imbler, who had also seen loons in the Adirondacks, informed Barry Petchesky about their sightings. Kathryn admitted her lack of knowledge regarding loons prior to this experience, only knowing of their linguistic significance. There was also some discussion regarding the etymology of the word 'loon' and its possible Scottish connections. The conversation emphasizes the unique interest in regional bird sightings.
My ignorance of loons was such that when I first saw a loon while kayaking, I thought it was a duck. To my great shame, I went so far as to ask these two other kayakers who were also looking at the loon, "What kind of duck is that?" That is how I learned what loons looked like. This is also when I took the only photo of a loon I got the entire weekend.
I am no statistician, but I imagine they are quite low! I spent the past month in the Adirondacks, and had no idea Kathryn also came up to the beautiful North, and the land of loons. I too saw loons on a lake and informed Barry Petchesky, because this is simply how things are done here.
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