The eerie calls of Common Loons echo across clear lakes of the northern wilderness. Summer adults are regally patterned in black and white. Listen to the calls of the four other types of North American Loons.
Common Loon: majestic, otherworldly, haunting Pacific Loon: Baby next to you on a 3 hour flight Red-throated Loon: Kitty lets you know its bowl is empty for the fifth time today Yellow-billed Loon: Seagulls as they attack over your french fries Arctic Loon: Frog in a submarine
I go camping yearly at Algonquin provincial park in Ontario. It's larger than some countries. We always canoe to a very quiet and not well known part of the park. it was maybe 2 in the morning and I was the only one up. It's almost terrifying hearing the common loons call echo across the water, and for another to call back. I get chills every time I hear a loon call.
My cousin's cabin is on a large lake in Ontario, Canada's Cottage Country. I feel cheated if I go a day without hearing the call of the loons. There are several on his lake and on the surrounding ones as well.
Don’t have to imagine. Hear it every summer night at least once. It’s a melancholic yet amazing feeling I can only describe as “feeling alive and truly human”
I'm from Finland and we don't have common loons, but red throated loons are locally very common. In the recording it sounds like a cat, but in the wilds it is completely different. They also have other calls that are very loud and wake up the whole forest
Every summer of my childhood was hearing common loons on the lakes in the evening while camping. I'm in my 30's now, and to this day, it is one of the most beautiful sounds for me and literally moves me to tears. ❤
The Common Loon is by far my favorite, I camp and fish in the Adirondacks in Upstate NY every year and I always look forward to hearing them. They never disappoint. ---- Pet Peeve of mine, have you ever noticed how Hollywood will use the call of the loon in movies to represent a wild location, it could be a jungle scene and you will hear a loon. Drives me crazy!
they mess up a lot of bird calls in inappropriate settings; like given an eagle a red tailed hawk scream. The loon calls in random places that are NOT in the northern woods is a pet peeve of mine as well
They mess up flora and fauna period. Watched a movie the other day of people in southern Appalachia and they had Spanish moss in the trees.... that's a southern coastal thing not a mountain thing
No disrespect to the other loon species, but the Common Loon’s wail is absolutely magical. Something about those simple three notes is so beautiful, haunting, and-to borrow the words of another user-soul-touching. Along with its tremolo, that wail has got to be one of the most iconic sounds in the animal kingdom, at least in North America. A recording with a nice echo only enhances it. Awaiting the day I have a chance to hear it in person.
My dad and i were night hiking near lake paradox new york, and started hearing this all around us (in the lake) around 12am … talk about comfortable goosebumps
LOVE the common loon. We have a breeding ground in our bay and there are many young ones that fish, practice taking off and flying. ❤ this time of year at the lake. I still have not seen any on their mother's back... that'll be a super treat for me ❤
Decades ago, we vacationed on Wisconsin lakes. Fished every morning. When the mists were rising from the water, smooth as glass, we would hear the cry of the loon. Just hearing this for the first time in 6 decades took me immediately back to childhood.
The common loon for me is the most melancholy, having been lucky enough to visit North America and Canada this sound late into the evening when you’re camping by a lake is just incredible. it’s something you never forget and whenever I hear it I immediately get taken back to those visits.
We heard the common look this morning and let me tell you I was freaked out. We thought it was a wolf or coyotes, the lady at the nature center couldn't identify it, she thought there was construction going on. 🤦♀️ Thank you you tube for helping me feel safe and realizing it was only a bird/duck and not some crazed wolf or the jersey devil hunting us. 😂
The first is the one I grew up with, I miss the sound so much!!! I haven't heard it since I was a child. The last one sounds like traditional throat singing so cool!!
@@scottgorski7931 I actually have a CD called "Loon Echo Lake" that was given to me. But it's not the same as hearing them call to each other across the lake at dusk. It's funny the things we take for granted as children and then miss when we're older.
I've heard the Common Loon in so many American movies. I'm in Europe, so I'm jealous of North Americans hearing that iconic sound. It's very spooky in one sense, but is it's also relaxing in another.
there used to be a Loon in every lake around my area in B.C in the 90s when i was a kid..... now i find they are a Rarity... I often wonder where they went, or if it is just my experience.
Red-throated Loon is my most favourite bird in all the world. And has been since I was a child, and that is a long time. If you know of any photographers I can get a print from would be appreciated.
Where is the black throated loon? The common loon and the black throated loon are the top best loon calls in my opinion, though all of them sound amazing and relaxing in nature, especially to the people who are native to the areas that the loons live in
