What is a common loon?

Ordinary Loon is a water bird that has the scientific order for itself. Found all over North America, lives north in the summer as Alaska and travels south to the Gulf of Mexico in winter. Minnesota's state bird has a significant color and unmistakable call.

adults have an average size anywhere between 28 and 36 inches (about 71 to 91 cm). Their wing span can be up to 5 feet (1.5 m) and with their wild, laughing summer calls are often heard before they see. Man and woman Common Loon have similar color; In the summer they have black heads, black and white checkered back and white collar around the neck. In the winter months, when it is heading south, the colors will dim. Mature birds retain this fat color throughout the year until they reach maturity, and the hatchery is covered with fuzzy, black, downy feathers.

The ordinary loon is a carnivore and feeds mainly on small fish, amphibians, and insects. Steadily on the ground, he is a professional swimmer and diver; Some have been recorded to immerse up to 200 feet (about 60 m) whileThey chased prey. The common loon can, in turn, find itself the prey of large seabirds and fish and can be caught and killed by land animals such as raccoon, especially in their nest and defense of their young people.

The main bird station is on freshwater lakes and the temperatures of cold water found on Canada's tundra can withstand. They spend their summer months in the north and migrate south when the weather cools; Once they are there, they melt and are grounded until their fresh set of feathers returns. Hunting in the water all year round goes to the attic to behave and put eggs in ground nests.

common loops have between two and four eggs in the period of reproduction. Hatchlings can go one day from their olive and eyebrows masked eggs, and although they are unable to fly until they are about 11 weeks, you can often see how they ride their parents' back when adult birds swim. At a nestAnd the protection of their young people can be an ordinary loon wildly aggressive.

Hejns of birds may suffer from pollution in lakes on which they rely on habitats and food. Eating fish that have been poisoned by drain or pesticides can kill birds, and the loss of nesting sites of the coast also had a measurable negative impact on the number of birds in the wild. The intrusion of humans and animals at nesting sites can cause adult birds to leave their nests and leave eggs uncut.