Paruk, James D.,

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

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"--



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Loons.
Common loon--Behavior.

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QL696.G33 / P378 2021