common loon
Haunting lake diver
The common loon is a large diving waterbird of northern lakes and coastal waters, known for its striking black-and-white plumage and haunting, yodel-like calls.
Loons are powerful swimmers that pursue fish underwater, propelling themselves with their feet.
We heard a loon calling across the lake at dusk.
Prolonged mournful cry
- tremoloRapid tonal wavering
- yodelSinging with pitch breaks
- hootOwl's cry
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
Non-saline aquatic environment
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- borealOf northern regions
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- glacialOf frozen rivers
wetland · northern · Canada · Alaska · Minnesota · Maine · New Hampshire · Iceland
Swimming birds collectively
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
avian · species · ornithology · birdwatching · binoculars · ornithologist · wildlife · conservation
Sudden steep descent
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
- swimMove through water
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
aquatic · buoyancy · streamlined · bottom feeding · deep dive
wail
Prolonged mournful cry
vocalization · mournful · echo · haunting · nocturnal · cry · night sounds
freshwater
Non-saline aquatic environment
glacial · wetland · northern · Canada · Alaska · Minnesota · Maine · New Hampshire · Iceland · Scandinavia
waterfowl
Swimming birds collectively
wingspan · avian · species · ornithology · birdwatching · binoculars · ornithologist · wildlife · conservation · ecology
plunge
Sudden steep descent
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- underwaterBelow the surface
- swimMove through water
depths · aquatic · buoyancy · streamlined · bottom feeding · deep dive
- Arctic animalsarctic fox, arctic tern, polar bear, musk ox, caribou
- migratory birdsarctic tern, Canada goose, barn swallow, snow goose, sandhill crane
- Northern wildlifereindeer, arctic fox, polar bear, lemming, moose
- loons
- State Birdsnorthern cardinal, western meadowlark, mountain bluebird, American robin, brown pelican
- seabirdspenguin, penguins, pelican, pelicans, seagull
common loonmallard
Common dabbling waterfowl
rock pigeon · house sparrow · Canada goose · mute swan · moorhen
common loonmallard duck
Common wild waterfowl
domestic duck · mute swan · Canada goose · cormorant · grebe
common loonpigeon
Stout urban bird
rock dove · chicken · domestic duck · house sparrow · parakeet
common, community, communicate, communication, uncommon, loon, loony, commune, communal