Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago
Full blog with photos: hike734.com/trip/quartz-lake-loop-and-looning-2024
We wanted to go for a hike in Glacier National Park and the citizen science office needed Common Loon surveys done along the chain of lakes in the Quartz Creek drainage. So we set off to find some loons in Quartz Lake, Middle Quartz Lake, and Lower Quartz Lake. We found a lone loon in two of the lakes, but the fun surprises were the amount of Calypso Orchids (Fairy Slippers) and a Long-eared Myotis (bat) foraging in the middle of the day!
Full blog with photos: hike734.com/trip/quartz-lake-loop-and-looning-2024
We wanted to go for a hike in Glacier National Park and the citizen science office needed Common Loon surveys done along the chain of lakes in the Quartz Creek drainage. So we set off to find some loons in Quartz Lake, Middle Quartz Lake, and Lower Quartz Lake. We found a lone loon in two of the lakes, but the fun surprises were the amount of Calypso Orchids (Fairy Slippers) and a Long-eared Myotis (bat) foraging in the middle of the day!
