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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811944003321

Autore

Paruk James D.

Titolo

Loon lessons : uncommon encounters with the great northern diver / / James D. Paruk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, MN : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2021]

ISBN

1-4529-6364-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

598.4/42

Soggetti

Loons

Common loon - Behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

In Search of the Ancestral Loon -- Selected by Nature: A Tale of Two Birds -- What a Drag! The Inner Workings of a Master Diver -- Pairing Up: The Behavioral Ecology of Loon Courtship -- Taking Turns: Nesting Behavior and Ecological Trade-Offs -- Wails, Yodels, and Tremolos: The Call of the Loon -- A Vigilant Bird: Parents, Chicks, and the Breeding Loon Family -- More Than a Foot Waggle: The Fascinating World of Loon Behavior -- Loons on the Move: The Strategy and Dynamics of Migration -- Not Your Typical Snowbird: The Loon's Winter Ecology -- Saving the Loons We Love: Conservation Threats -- Loon Watch: Adapting to a Changing World.

Sommario/riassunto

"The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world's foremost observers of the revered waterbird"--