Common Loon Photos
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Common Loon
The Adirondacks VideoVery little conjures up imagery of the wild so vividly as the call of the loon. Yet these enigmatic birds face serious threats even in their nesting grounds in the Adirondack Park.
Common loon Gavia immer
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Length: 24 inches Wingspan: 58 inches
Sexes similar
Large diving bird with long body that rides low in the water
Large bill is straight, tapers to a point, and is held horizontally ...
Common Loon
COMMON LOON
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The Common Loon (Gavia immer) nests across most of Canada and Alaska. The hauntying, yodeling calls of this bird in the summer are a familiar sound to those people who ive near a lake in the far north.
Common Loon Behaviour
For loons to dive and chase fish underwater without popping back up like a cork, their wings are as small as possible. The wings help propel them through the water, and to turn as fast as lightning while chasing prey.
Common Loon: Large loon with white-spotted, black upperparts and white underparts. Head and neck are green-black with white-streaked neckbands. Bill is black and thick. Sexes are similar.
Common Loon, Gavia immer
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Where are they found? Europe, Greenland, North America ...
Common Loon Range
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Fast Facts
Type: Bird Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 30 years Size: 2 to 3 ft (66 to 91 cm) Weight: 6.5 to 12 lbs (3 to 5 kg) Group name: Flock Did you know?
Common Loon
(Gavia immer)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2009
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs irregularly on the larger lakes, particularly Lake Law and A.E. Sea.
Common Loon
Gavia immer (Brünnich)
Status Common transient, fairly common in summer and winter. Breeds. After wintering on the sea, it appears on lakes as soon as they are free of ice, although a few non-breeders remain on salt water.
Common Loons
Gavia immer
Loons are water birds. They look like large ducks but belong to a different family. Loons have longer bodies and pointed bills.
Common Loon: Gavia immer
Appearance:
Loons are listed first in most standard field guides and a quick glance at the entry on the common loon shows that the bold black and white breeding feathers observed in northern birds are replaced by ...
Common loons are known to breed throughout northern North America and northern Europe, a range that generally equates to the extent of boreal coniferous and northern hardwood forests.
Common loons are considered to be stable and/or increasing in the heart of their breeding range.
The Loon Preservation Committee
Canadian Wildlife Services
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Color: The common loon has a black bill and a red eye. In summer it is a spotty black and white with a black/iridescent green head. In fall a "winter coat" that's gray above and white below replaces its summer plumage.
Common Loon (Glavia immer)
range in length from 2 to 3 ft (60-90 cm).
2. Common Loon, stretching, Moss Landing
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4. Brown Creeper, Lake Merced ...
Common loon,
Great northern loon
Distribution
Species range provided by WWF's Wildfinder.
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Common Loon, Gavia immer (A)
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Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae ...
Common Loon (9): Nantucket Shoals.
Cory's Shearwater (30): Southern Nantucket Shoals.
'SCOPOLI'S SHEARWATER', C. d. diomedea (2-3): Southern edge Nantucket
Shoals; smaller Mediterranean race of Cory's; mixed in roosting flocks of ...
Common Loon
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Red-throated Loon
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
The Common Loon (Gavia immer) is, as its name implies, the most common of the loons. Its size ranges from 28 to 36 inches long with a 58 inch wingspan.
The common loon nests on land near large lakes. Some loon nesting places have been taken over by human development and the loon population has decreased. Pollution can also hurt animal and plant populations.
The Common Loon is usually found in coastal areas but also on lakes and ponds in scattered inland areas.
Red-throated and Pacific Loons are rare visitors to the state, most often seen in north Florida during fall and winter.
Common Diver, Common Loon, Great Northern Diver, Northern Loon, Black-billed Loon, Black-billed Diver, Lesser Black-billed Loon, Polar Loon, Lesser Loon, Loon, Big Loon, Ember-Goose, Greenhead, Guinea Duck, Imber Diver, Ring-necked Loon, Walloon, ...
Common loon (Gavia immer)
Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)
Greylag goose (Anser anser)
Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Peppery furrow shell (Scrobicularia plana)
Sanderling (Calidris alba) ...
Similar Species: Double-crested Cormorant: under parts are not clean white. Common Loon: shorter, stocky neck. Eared, Homed and Red-necked grebes: much smaller.
and swamps, where they feed mostly on fish. The common loon breeds
throughout Canada and the northern United States. In summer, its
back is black with white spots, and its head and throat are black
with a green or blue sheen.
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER OR LOON.
[Common Loon.]
(State Bird of Minnesota)
COLYMBUS GLACIALIS, Linn.
[Gavia immer.] ...
Canada's national bird is the Common Loon.
The bird symbols of Canada's provinces and territories are: ...
Relatives in same Genus
Common Loon (G. immer)
Red-throated Loon (G. stellata) ...
This is the only family in this order.
Species in this family:
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) ...
It is similar in appearance to the slightly smaller and far more numerous Common Loon, which has a black bill during the breeding season. In winter plumage, separating the two species can be more challenging.
Pacific Diver or Pacific Loon, Gavia pacifica - sometimes included in G. arctica
Great Northern Diver or Common Loon, Gavia immer.
White-billed Diver or Yellow-billed Loon, Gavia adamsii ...
North American species include the common loon, or great northern diver (Gavia immer), a black and white bird about 32 in. (80 cm) long; the red-throated loon (G. stellata); and the Arctic loon (G. arctica).
predatory fish and mammals who depend on large menhaden populations, including the striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, Spanish and King mackerel, seals, and whales. Because of their schooling behavior, they also are a favorite target for common loon, ...
Data from the following species were analyzed: Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Green-backed Heron, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Virginia Rail, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, ...
 See also: Loon, Red-throated Loon, Duck, Grebe, Gull
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