On Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:39:38 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 23:25:21 +0100, nestork
wrote:


'Oren[_2_ Wrote:
;3304478']On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 04:09:06 +0100, nestork
wrote:
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Loons are large
aquatic birds native to the Canadian north. I don't know if they
migrate or not.-

I don't know, but do not think they migrate? Adirondack Mountains,
upstate New York have native loons. The birds a very smart with a keen
eye. Try to get close to one by boat, etc..

I knew there are loons in the lakes in Northern Canada, but I didn't
know that loons lived as far south and New York state.

I've never seen a loon, or at least, never recognized those large birds
I have seen as loons. Most people wouldn't know anything about loons if
it weren't for their image being on the back of the Canadian dollar
coin.
Breeding loons, like those radiomarked in this study, leave breeding
areas in late October to early November.

Loons spend the winter season along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of
Mexico coasts. Some loons winter on inland reservoirs.

Loons return to northern forested lakes and rivers in the springtime,
usually in April or early May. The breeding range includes Alaska and
much of Canada south to portions of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North
Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New
Hampshire, and Maine.

I've seen and heard them in northern Illinois, Chain-O-Lakes when I
was a kid. Neat sound they make.