This video by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in the USA says about itself:
The Yellow-billed Loon is the largest and most spectacular of the world’s five loon species. It breeds around the globe in arctic and sub-arctic tundra lakes and is the northern counterpart to the Common Loon.
Watch this rare video shot by The Lab’s Gerrit Vyn of a mated pair calling and foraging just after arriving on the partially frozen breeding grounds in Chukotka, Russia.
New Scientific Report Documents the Impacts of Mercury Pollution on Adirondack [Common] Loons: here.
Reblogged this on Ann Novek–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors.
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My favorite bird. I remember their call from the lakes in Minnesota. Thanks.
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Hi Dr Bill, thanks for reacting!
This video is on the yellow-billed loon, an Arctic species, coming further south only in winter. Aren’t you confusing it with the related species common loon, nesting in Minnesota and elsehere?
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Actually I am most familiar with the common loon of Minnesota and Canada. This is the first yellow billed I’ve seen.
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