The Loon

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The Loon

• By Cori

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What does it look like

• The loon is a midium sized water bird. Its head
  and neck are glossy black and green. It has black
  and white checker board coat. The loon has a
  long sturdy beak and a short tail and webbed
  feet. The loon weighs 7 to 9 lbs and measures to
  30in. The female and male look alike in the
  winter. They have smooth heads and a sleek body
  for swimming and diving.

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How does it live

• The loon eats fish, pickerel, bass, frogs, small
  fish, minnows, crustaceans, cray fish, shrimp,
  leeches. Both parents raise babies. The loon is
  hatched in eggs. The parents (the mom) has two
  litters. The loon eats fish.

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Were does it live
The loon lives in ponds, marshes and slow moving
water. Its home is sticks and reeds. It is
the state bird of Minnesota. The loon lives in
the northern wilderness in the summer, flys south
in the winter and flys north early summer.
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How is it adapted

• The loon uses their bill to catch fish. They
  can swim as far as a city block in less than a
  minute.

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Other information

• The loon lives alone or in pairs. It could
  beat most fish in a race. Their scientific name
  is Gavaia Immer At the end of the summer the
  loon molts its coat.

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Conclusion

• There are four species of loons they are The
  Artic loon, The Yellow Billed loon, The Common
  loon, and The Red Throated loon. The loon is
  very clumsy on land. They are the oldest bird on
  earth. They eat anything that swims.