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ALAN SCHMIERER, Set 72157633375095620, ID 8720312789, Original title 093 - COMMON LOON (12-17-11) moss landing, ca (2) File usage The following 2 pages use this file:
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.
Gaviiformes (/ ˈ ɡ æ v i. ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /) is an order of aquatic birds containing the loons or divers and their closest extinct relatives. Modern gaviiformes are found in many parts of North America and northern Eurasia (Europe, Asia and debatably Africa), though prehistoric species were more widespread.
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A common loon. Items portrayed in this file depicts. Common Loon. creator. some value. author name string: auburn. Wikimedia username: Laurel Wreath of Victors.
Gaǥeit is named after the common loon (kagit). [42] The common loon is the provincial bird of Ontario and is depicted on the Canadian one-dollar coin, which has come to be known affectionately as the "loonie". [43] The common loon is the official state bird of Minnesota. [44] Mercer, Wisconsin, promotes itself as the "Loon Capital of the World ...
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Canada goose American wigeon. The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans.These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
Robert-Ralph Carmichael (1937 – July 16, 2016) was a Canadian artist who designed the image of the common loon on the reverse side of the Canadian one-dollar coin. The coin takes its name, loonie (huard in French), from the image of the bird on the reverse. The artwork depicts a loon swimming in a lake, with coniferous trees visible on a ...