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Minnesota species impacted by Global Warming
Common Loon Common Loon
(Gavia immer)

State bird of Minnesota
Photo © Harold Lindstrom
Learn more about this bird at eNature.com

 
The Common Loon is not in danger of disappearing from Minnesota.

Description
28-36" (71-91 cm). A large, heavy-bodied loon with a thick, pointed, usually black or dark gray bill held horizontally. In breeding plumage, head and neck black with white bands on neck; back black with white spots. In winter, crown, hindneck, and upperparts dark grayish; throat and underparts white.

Voice
Best-known call a loud, wailing laugh, also a mournful yodeled oo-AH-ho with middle note higher, and a loud ringing kee-a-ree, kee-a-ree with middle note lower. Often calls at night and sometimes on migration.

Habitat
Nests on forested lakes and rivers; winters mainly on coastal bays and ocean.
See birds in your state with populations that are:

Acadian Flycatcher
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and- white Warbler
Black-headed Vireo
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Boreal Chickadee
Brewer's Blackbird
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-winged Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rusty Blackbird
Sprague's Pipit
Tennessee Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Wilson's Warbler
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Evening Grosbeak



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The background information for this presentation comes from The Birdwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, which was prepared by Jeff Price, Ph.D., American Bird Conservancy and Patricia Glick, M.S., National Wildlife Federation.

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