Identify Winter Loons

Описание: How to identify loons in winter. Detailed identification of Common Loon, Pacific Loon, Red-throated Loon, Yellow-billed Loon and Arctic Loon from a North American perspective. Size, shape and plumage. On the water and in flight. Learn how to tell these birds apart!


Article in Birding magazine:
Birch, A., and Lee, C.-T. 1997. Arctic and Pacific Loons: Field identification. Birding 29:106–115.

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Chapters
0:00 Winter Loons Identification Tips
3:15 Common Loon winter ID
5:37 Pacific Loon winter ID
7:50 Red-throated Loon winter ID
9:44 Yellow-billed Loon winter ID
11:17 Arctic Loon winter ID


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Additional bird photos in addition to my own
Arctic Loon San Simeon SP 14 Jan 2012 Greg Schecter Flickr BY 2
Arctic Loon San Simeon SP Greg Schecter Flickr BY 2
PALO Kaaren Perry Flickr BY 2
Red-throated Loon Eric Ellingson Flickr BY 2
Yellow-billed Loon Bering Land Bridge Preserve Ryan Askren Flickr BY-SA 2
COLO USFWS Roy W Lowe Flickr BY 2


Habitat
Arctic NWR Alexis Bonogofsky USFWS Flickr Public Domain
Puget Sound Eli Duke Flickr BY-SA 2
Quetico Provincial Park Ontario Noah Cole Flickr BY-SA 2
Yaquina Bay Bridge Jim Rhodes Flickr BY-ND 2