GAVIA OF IMMER LAKE 



them all. Then, too, the winter months made a chance 

 for rest, a change from home-duties, and a freedom 

 from looking out for the children, that gave the loons a 

 care-free manner as they rode the waves far out at sea. 



Immer Lake. 



Considering all this, it seems strange, does it not, 

 that when the spring of 1920 had gone no further than 

 to melt the ice in the northern lakes, Gavia and her 

 mate left the sea and took strong flight inland. 



What made them go, I cannot explain. I do not 

 understand it well enough. I do not really know what 



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