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Loons most often make their nests in logs, bog mats, and the edges of rocks. During the incubation of their waterfront nest, they will slip away into the safety of the water only in an emergency.
The term gavia was transferred from the ducks to the loons only in the 18th century. Earlier naturalists referred to the loons as mergus (the Latin term for diving seabirds of all sorts) or colymbus, which became the genus name used in the first modern scientific description of a Gavia species (by Carl Linnaeus) in 1758.
The common loon or great northern diver (Gavia immer) is a large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds. Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish sheen, blackish or blackish-grey upperparts, and pure white underparts except some black on the undertail coverts and vent.
(1.) A "Baby Plucky" cartoon in which Plucky remembers the first time he played miniature golf. (2.) A "music video" set to the song Particle Man. (3.) Another "music video," set to the They Might Be Giants' version of Istanbul (Not Constantinople).
They shared a video in July of some of the funny things their ducks do, and it'll make you smile! From the ducks ding-dong-ditching their mom to duck zoomies, they are so entertaining to watch.
The yellow-billed loon is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies; [12] in the Americas, it is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. [13] The yellow-billed loon is especially vulnerable because of its low fecundity, and face many threats related to their ...
The video shows homes that have seemed to be taken over by dozens of ducks in a New South Wales neighborhood in Australia. TikToker @veronicadownunder captured the funny scene and explained what ...
Their feathers are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Many of the ducks display sexual dimorphism, with the males being more brightly coloured than the females (although the situation is reversed in species such as the paradise shelduck). The swans, geese, and whistling-ducks lack sexually dimorphic plumage.