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More About Loons ...
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"A loon or diver is the size of a large duck, to which it is unrelated; its plumage is largely grey or black, and it has a spear-shaped bill".
The European name diver comes from the bird's habit of catching fish by swimming calmly along the surface and then abruptly plunging into the water; the North American name loon comes from the bird's haunting, yodeling cry, a symbol of the Canadian wilds.
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Taxonmony
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gaviiformes
Gaviidae
Family: Gaviidae
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Loons
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AUDIO CLIPS
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Common Loon 0.080MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Common Loon wails
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Common Loon 0.050MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Common Loon tremolos
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Common Loon 0.140MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Common Loon Yodels
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Common Loon 0.090MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Common Loon Hoots
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Common Loon 0.190MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Common Loon Tremolo-wails
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Common Loon 0.120MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Yelp calls from a 6 day old chick
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Common Loon 0.140MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Calls from a four week old chick
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Pacific Loon 0.040MB WAV Hear Sound Loon Multimedia Page
Wail vocalization of this Pacific loon
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Loon 0.050MB WAV Hear Sound Natural History Education, Science, Technology
Voice of the loon
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Common Loon 0.070MB MP3 Hear Sound Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas
Common Loon call; from John Feith's Bird Song Ear Training Guide CD
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