Why are these Michigan loons raising baby geese? Scientists are watching closely.
- Posted on June 12, 2026
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Why are these Michigan loons raising baby geese? Scientists are watching closely.
PELLSTON, Mich. – A pair of common loons on a Northern Michigan lake are doing something scientists rarely get to observe: raising two Canada goose goslings as their own. The unusual arrangement began this spring when a Canada goose laid two eggs in a loon nest on Douglas Lake in Cheboygan County, a rare form of nest parasitism. Now the loons have a fuzzy set of goslings on their backs – ...
