TY - BOOK AU - Paruk,James D. TI - Loon lessons: uncommon encounters with the great northern diver SN - 9781517909406 PY - 2021///] CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Loons KW - Common loon KW - Behavior N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - "The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world's foremost observers of the revered waterbird"-- ER -