5 Things You Didn't Know About Common Loons

The Common Loon is an iconic bird of northern lakes in the United States. There is a lot to love about loons, but here are 5 things you may not have known about them. Join our FREE communities Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/15w41xWVZL/ Discord: https://discord.gg/bZXD6ZwhnH Special thanks to our members Liz McQuaid, Sarah Coffey, Scott, Barbara Cole, and Sarah! You can support us on Ko-fi here! https://ko-fi.com/badgerlandbirding Gear Links (As Amazon Associates or other affiliates we do earn from qualifying purchases) OM-SYTEM OM-1 Mark II and 150-600mm lens https://explore.omsystem.com/us/en/catalogsearch/result/?q=+OM-1+Mark+II Panasonic LUMIX FZ80 4K Digital Camera Used for most bird videos) - check credits as we do source some photos/videos elsewhere which is noted in the description https://amzn.to/3GZl3Mu Cayer FP2450 Fluid Head Tripod, 75 inches Aluminium Tripod Derek's lighter tripod https://amzn.to/3suX5CK Nikon D5300 Derek's vlogging and macro camera https://amzn.to/3HF8jeh Rode VideoMicPro Compact Directional On-Camera Microphone Derek's external microphone for Nikon D5300 https://amzn.to/3oH8YnS Connect with us! https://badgerlandbirding.wordpress.com https://www.instagram.com/badgerlandbirding/ https://www.facebook.com/BadgerlandBirding https://www.tiktok.com/@badgerlandbirding\ Thanks to Terry Sohl for allowing us to use his range maps https://www.sdakotabirds.com/index.html​​ Thumbnail image: “Common Loon” by rpbirdman / Getty Images Signature via Canva Pro Videos from other creators listed on screen under Canva Pro License Loon nest - Courtney Celley (PD) Loon taking off - Alan Schmierer (PD) Vocalizations by Doug Hynes (Wail) XC992792 and Jonathon Jongsma XC139388 and XC139387 (CC by 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Ocean Loon- Non-breeding Alan Schmierer (PD) Common Loon breeding plumage photo by Courtney Celley (PD) All other photos and videos by Derek and Ryan Sallmann Some photos used under the following licenses: CC by 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Public Domain (PD): https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/ 0:00 Intro 0:10 Fact 1 1:17 Fact 2 2:03 Fact 3 3:38 Fact 4 4:29 Fact 5 5:15 Closing #Birding #BirdWatching #BadgerlandBirding