Call of the Great Northern Diver (known in North America as the Common Loon) Watch in HD!

This species, like all divers, is a specialist fish-eater, catching its prey underwater, diving as deep as 200 feet (60 m). The bird needs a long distance to gain momentum for take-off, and is ungainly on landing. Its clumsiness on land is due to the legs being positioned at the rear of the body: this is ideal for diving but not well-suited for walking. When the birds land on water, they skim along on their bellies to slow down, rather than on their feet, as these are set too far back. The loon swims gracefully on the surface, dives as well as any flying bird, and flies competently for hundreds of kilometers in migration. It flies with its neck outstretched, usually calling a particular tremolo that can be used to identify a flying loon. This diver is well-known in Canada, appearing on the "loonie" coin and the previous series of $20 bill, and is the provincial bird of Ontario. Also, it is the state bird of Minnesota.

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Pets & Animals

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• Bird
• Diver
• Loon
• Wildlife
• Call
• Lake
• Fishing
• Sunrise

[stefihuntalova]

Best quality common loon video here on Youtube. 5/5

[stephychoue]

This is a really nice video. The quality is good, the bird is cute, the place is wonderfull... Everything is just so perfect.

Keep making videos that show up how beautiful the nature can be !

[lollinandbawlin]

Awesome video!

[Danniekitten]

stunning footage!!! reminds me of the cottage;) thank u,,i love loons!

[onceIhadalove]

ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS FOOTAGE AND SOUND! The most spiritual, beautiful, and primal sound of any bird............. the ancient "common" loon. What a stunning video. The songbird in the background is the "Winter Wren", which, uniquely, has the longest call of any songbird.

[MrMrtiki]

Big Loon, Tranquil & Majestic.

[MisogiMuskoka]

Some of my earliest memories are of this sound...carrying across northern Ontario lakes that have no name; echoes of countless skies turned warm blue, and pinks not since seen.

[quebecgal]

absolutely exquisite...thanks so much for sharing - 3 thumbs up!!!!

[Brandon112878]

One of my earliest memories is of sitting on somebody's lap (probably my mother's) in my grandmother's cottage in 1982 and hearing this exact same sound while the sun was setting orange-red over the lake.

[199938660]

my favorite bird