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June 26, 2009

Common loons

I came across a Web page about common loons from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. It’s full of interesting information about the common loon:

This Common Loon was Mr. Mom. He was the one who usually stayed with the chicks. Photo by Carl R. Sams II

This Common Loon was Mr. Mom. He was the one who usually stayed with the chicks. Photo by Carl R. Sams II

“Because the loon’s legs are so far back on its body and because its body is so long, loons have trouble taking-off.

Have you ever seen a loon “running” across a lake? A loon has to run across the water for up to ¼ mile beating its wings in order to get enough lift to take off.

This need for a long runway means that loons need a certain size lake in order to take off. You’ll rarely find a loon in lakes under 9 or 10 acres.” Learn more.

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Posted by Kirt Manecke on Friday, June 26, 2009, at 2:05 am. Filed under Birds, Wildlife. Tagged , , , , , . Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.