Like other loons the yellow-billed loon is specialized on eating fish, which it catches under water.
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Yellow-billed Loon
Like other loons the yellow-billed loon is specialized on eating fish, which it catches under water.
Arctic Loon
Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) is known as Arctic Loon in North America and Black-throated Diver in Eurasia.
Arctic loon nests in Scotland, Scandinavia, the Baltics, eastward through Siberia in Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Alaska. The Arctic loon is a bird which nests in clear fish-filled lakes in the interior or in bays and moving in winter to marine areas.
The bird places its nest on the ground, often on a tuft on the beach or a short distance up on land.
Arctic loon nests in Scotland, Scandinavia, the Baltics, eastward through Siberia in Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Alaska. The Arctic loon is a bird which nests in clear fish-filled lakes in the interior or in bays and moving in winter to marine areas.
The bird places its nest on the ground, often on a tuft on the beach or a short distance up on land.
Arctic Loon |
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Common Loon
Common Loon |
The Loon is Canada's National Bird.
The Great Northern Loon (Gavia immer), is known as the Common Loon in North America and the Great Northern Diver in Eurasia. The Common Loon has its breeding distribution around the northern North America but also winters in the North Sea. It is Canada's national bird.
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