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Pam UK: Minnesota cam and the Loon pair...
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Pam UK: ...are on the platform nest...
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Pam UK: ...the female in the foreground sits...
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Pam UK: ..on the 2nd unhatched egg whilst
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Pam UK: ...the chick now several days old...
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Pam UK: ..keeps nipping in and out of her wings.
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Pam UK: The male has taken to the water again
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Pam UK: ...returns briefly and then is...
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Pam UK: ..off again...
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Pam UK: ..stretching and swimming before
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Pam UK: ..once again hauling out but...
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Pam UK: ..not for long and this time both adults
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Pam UK: ..leave the chick and the egg...
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Pam UK: ..while they swim nearby...
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Pam UK: and the chick (hard to see in the gloom)
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Pam UK: ...looks on before also taking to the..
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Pam UK: ...water to follow Mum and Dad.
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Pam UK: 5th June. Female on egg
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Pam UK: Male swims by
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Pam UK: Female takes to water with
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Pam UK: ...chick on her back (near neck)
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Pam UK: Female returns to nest
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Pam UK: and spends a few minutes
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Pam UK: adjusting the position of the egg
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Pam UK: tucking it under before
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Pam UK: settling down.
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Pam UK: 6th June look carefully at untended egg
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Pam UK: Is the left end cracked ? I think so...
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Pam UK: and here comes female with chick
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Pam UK: ..this is nearly time for egg removal