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Loon lessons : uncommon encounters with the great northern diver / James D. Paruk.

By: Paruk, James D [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781517909406 :; 1517909406 :Subject(s): Loons | Common loon -- BehaviorAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Loon lessonsDDC classification: 598.4/42 LOC classification: QL696.G33 | P37 2021Issued also in electronic format.
Contents:
In Search of the Ancestral Loon -- Selected by Nature: A Tale of Two Birds -- What a Drag! The Inner Workings of a Master Diver -- Pairing Up: The Behavioral Ecology of Loon Courtship -- Taking Turns: Nesting Behavior and Ecological Trade-Offs -- Wails, Yodels, and Tremolos: The Call of the Loon -- A Vigilant Bird: Parents, Chicks, and the Breeding Loon Family -- More Than a Foot Waggle: The Fascinating World of Loon Behavior -- Loons on the Move: The Strategy and Dynamics of Migration -- Not Your Typical Snowbird: The Loon's Winter Ecology -- Saving the Loons We Love: Conservation Threats -- Loon Watch: Adapting to a Changing World.
Summary: "The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world's foremost observers of the revered waterbird"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In Search of the Ancestral Loon -- Selected by Nature: A Tale of Two Birds -- What a Drag! The Inner Workings of a Master Diver -- Pairing Up: The Behavioral Ecology of Loon Courtship -- Taking Turns: Nesting Behavior and Ecological Trade-Offs -- Wails, Yodels, and Tremolos: The Call of the Loon -- A Vigilant Bird: Parents, Chicks, and the Breeding Loon Family -- More Than a Foot Waggle: The Fascinating World of Loon Behavior -- Loons on the Move: The Strategy and Dynamics of Migration -- Not Your Typical Snowbird: The Loon's Winter Ecology -- Saving the Loons We Love: Conservation Threats -- Loon Watch: Adapting to a Changing World.

"The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world's foremost observers of the revered waterbird"-- Provided by publisher.

Issued also in electronic format.

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