MultiMedia Page
Listen and watch this commentary
from WMUR regarding the Common Loon and landowner construction permits.
View this 3D Rendering
of the Markus Wildlife Sanctuary and the surrounding areas created from actual
Satellite Imagery.
View this animated tracking chart which
uses radio telemetry to track various loons
during migration.
YODEL
Used only by males when establishing borders and during confrontations along those borders. Also contains identity information, like a vocal signature.
Used only by males when establishing borders and during confrontations along those borders. Also contains identity information, like a vocal signature.
WAIL
Used when one loon is attempting to maintain contact with another or trying to locate a mate or a chick.
Used when one loon is attempting to maintain contact with another or trying to locate a mate or a chick.
TREMOLO
Used when a loon is frightened or disturbed-
or when a loon is chased away from anothers' territory.
Also the only call used while airborne.
Used when a loon is frightened or disturbed-
or when a loon is chased away from anothers' territory.
Also the only call used while airborne.
HOOT
Used when a loon is maintaining close contact with another in a family group or small flock.
Used when a loon is maintaining close contact with another in a family group or small flock.
NOTE
FROM RICK F.
The vocalizations of the loon are, to me, as intriguing as the sight of them. If studied carefully, these calls can be recognized in the wild quickly. At times these calls will be combined with another to create a chorus of sounds. This is as close to a statement or sentence a loon can make to us. If you know the nature of each call well, you can truly hear the loon and what they're experiencing or thinking. It's so cool!
EXAMPLE: A wail combined with a tremolo- This could be when a parent is trying to maintain contact with a chick
( wail ) but is intimidated or frightened by a boat or other intruder ( tremolo ).
There is wonderful equipment you can purchase to isolate, amplify and record these calls on your own.
What a neat science project idea, I wish I was still in school.
The vocalizations of the loon are, to me, as intriguing as the sight of them. If studied carefully, these calls can be recognized in the wild quickly. At times these calls will be combined with another to create a chorus of sounds. This is as close to a statement or sentence a loon can make to us. If you know the nature of each call well, you can truly hear the loon and what they're experiencing or thinking. It's so cool!
EXAMPLE: A wail combined with a tremolo- This could be when a parent is trying to maintain contact with a chick
( wail ) but is intimidated or frightened by a boat or other intruder ( tremolo ).
There is wonderful equipment you can purchase to isolate, amplify and record these calls on your own.
What a neat science project idea, I wish I was still in school.
