California
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
(L 25" WS 36" Wt 3.1 lb)
Moss Landing
19Dec2012
Smallest loon...found in north
central Canada and along the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
central Canada and along the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
Nonbreeding
White speckling
on back.
on back.
I am no more lonely than
the loon in the pond that
laughs so loud, or than
Walden Pond itself.
the loon in the pond that
laughs so loud, or than
Walden Pond itself.
(Henry David Thoreau)
Gavia in Latin means seabird;
stellata in Latin means starry.
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