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Originally Posted by Riverwild
For those of you who have never seen a loon or heard it's sounds, I found a great page with some audio files and pictures.
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/loons/images.html
I'll post if it comes back or I spot it again but I hope it's decided to move to the ocean where it belongs during winter! |
ahhhhh, found this bit after cruising around your linkie, River (thanks, I enjoyed the pix!):
All five species of loons migrate to warmer areas around the Gulf of Mexico and on the east and west coasts of North America to winter, and return to northern lakes to breed when the ice melts in spring.
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/loons/index.html
so I wondered if your Loon might be coming HERE to stay for the winter...
LOONS: Gaviidae
41 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
MX
42 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
MX
43 Common Loon Gavia immer
MX
44 Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
MX
http://www.exoticbirding.com/home/ne...checklist.html
alas, Loons haven't been spotted here in Belize... according to the
Exotic Birding site... apparently they only go as far south as Mexico... but I was still hoping, so...
next, I checked my reliable bird-watching guide
Birds of Belize by H. Lee Jones, and there's no Loons listed, not a single one...
well, maybe I will still get to hear or see a Loon, on my next trip to Mexico?