If you get too close to it and its chicks or nest, the loon will think you re its enemy and start the penguin dance. If you don t leave the area, the loon can dance until it s exhausted and dies. The loon has another dance that it does when it wants to chase away other birds. It splashes the water with its wings and kicks its feet so quickly that it is actually walking on water. Loon nests and hitchhikers.
Loons are fast in the water, but have trouble walking on land.
They don t spend much time on land, except to nest. Their nests are made of weeds and grass and are usually located in grass along the lake shoreline. A loon may use the same nest year after year. Two olive-brown eggs are laid. Both male and female loons take turns sitting on the eggs.