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common loons (Gavia immer)
Common loon with wings spread on rocky lake shore; film clapper overlay and text “movie star?” across the scene.
A male and female loon swimming; one carries a baby loon on its back.
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What's So Special About Loons?
Let's ask the Loon Ranger.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Listen: The Song of the Common Loon
The common loon, or Gavia immer, is found in Canada and the U.S.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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common loons (Gavia immer)
Common loons, or great northern divers (Gavia immer) swimming with young.
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common loon (Gavia immer)
Common loon (Gavia immer) nesting.
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common loon (Gavia immer)
Common loon, or great northern diver (Gavia immer)
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