Common Loon (Gavia immer) in the Morro Bay, CA Estuary mudflats, Morro Bay, CA during an historic 6+ high tide in Morro Bay, CA 25nov2007 Sun. 25 Nov. 2007 - Photo by Mike Baird, Canon 5D with 300mm f/2.8 IS lens w/ 2X II TE handheld from a kayak
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Common Loon (Gavia immer [GAY-vee-ah IM-mer]) in the Morro Bay, CA Estuary mudflats, Morro Bay, CA during an historic 6+ high tide in Morro Bay, CA 25nov2007 Sun. 25 Nov. 2007 taken during an outing by the kayakmorrobay Yahoo! Group club http://kayak.morro-bay.com - Photo by Mike Baird, Canon 5D with 300mm f/2.8 IS lens w/ 2X II TE handheld from a kayak http://bairdphotos.com http://flickr.bairdphotos.com http://photomorrobay.com http://morro-bay.com
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Recent comments
Territorial Display
Sibley's Bird Behaviour book describes this as a territorial display. Nice shot Mike.
Posted by admin on Mon 09 Jun 2008 10:49:29 PM EDT
w, se Greenland, Iceland; subarctic to temperate n North America: w Alaska mainland to n tier of contiguous USA, across subarctic Canada to s Baffin I. and New England
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
inshore waters: to nw Europe; Aleutian Is., s Baja California and Gulf of California (nw Mexico); w North Atlantic coast to Florida, Gulf of Mexico to ne Mexico
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
Recent comments
Territorial Display
Sibley's Bird Behaviour book describes this as a territorial display. Nice shot Mike.
Posted by admin on Mon 09 Jun 2008 10:49:29 PM EDT