The Red-throated Loon, unlike other loons, does not need to patter on the water's surface on a long takeoff, but rather can take flight directly from land if necessary. The Red-throated ...

A group of loons has many collective nouns, including an "asylum", "cry", "loomery", "raft", and "water dance" of loons. As recently as the 1800s, they were thought to be a foreteller ...

Red-throated Loon: Small loon with scaled gray back and white underparts. Head and sides of neck are gray, throat is dark red, nape is black-and-white striped. Eyes are red. Feeds ...