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Images of a bird in Lincolnshire, UK.
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Rare Birds in Lincolnshire White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii Tattershall Bridge, Lincolnshire, March 1996 Jonathan C Wasse  This immature bird was present on the River Witham in Lincolnshire. Although they are annual visitors to the UK, especially Scotland, they are very rare inland (possibly the 3rd ever inland record Unfortunately these pictures show the sad demise of...
http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/r...e_birds/white_billed_diver_2.htm

Video, identification tips, and European range.
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Gavia arctica  If this is your first visit to the video library please click here for important information choose a bird family choose a species Accentors Albatrosses Anhingas Auks Babblers Bee-eaters Bulbuls Buntings and New World Sparrows Bush-shrikes Bustards Button-quails Cardinals and...
http://www.birdguides.com/html/vidlib/species/gavia_arctica.htm

Habits, breeding, migration, and distribution. Includes a photo.
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Arctic Loon, Gavia arctica  ...
http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/b...counts/loons/arctica/account.htm

Describes the appearance of this bird in breeding plumage and winter plumage. Includes facts about its diet and nesting.
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Common Loon, Gavia immer  ...
http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/b...accounts/loons/immer/account.htm

Image, taxonomy chart, identification tips, and facts about this species' breeding.
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Yellow-billed Loon  In order to display this page a browser is needed that displays frames....
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i0080id.html

Species account describes this bird's identifying traits, nesting, diet, and taxonomy.
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Pacific Loon  In order to display this page a browser is needed that displays frames....
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i0100id.html

Images of this species in Japan.
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Arctic Loon  Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica 2 photos 1 Japan. November 1998. 2 Japan. November 1998....
http://www.amazilia.net/images/Birds/Loons/ArcticLoon.htm

Photo, range maps, and facts on this bird's habitat, nesting, and behavior.
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Common Loon (Gavia immer)  Nests on freshwater lakes and rivers. Prefers lakes with islands. Winters mainly on coastal bays and inlets. Diet: Medium-sized fish; also crustaceans, amphibians, and mollusks; occasionally aquatic plants. Identification tips for the Common Loon Common Loon sounds: tremolo and wail...
http://www.nenature.com/CommonLoon.htm

Scientific classification, food habits, behavior, and habitat of this species.
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ADW: Gavia pacifica: Information  States during the fall and winter, and in Northern Canada and Alaska where they migrate for the breeding months of the spring and summer. Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (native Habitat Pacific Loons reside for the most part along the eastern coast...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umic.../information/Gavia_pacifica.html

Taxonomy, distribution, physical characteristics, and natural history of this bird.
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ADW: Gavia stellata: Information  It breeds mostly on fresh water, typically in fairly open moorland, and may occupy stretches of water of almost any size. It is often found to be nesting by small pools. It winters on inshore waters along sheltered coasts, occasionally...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umic.../information/Gavia_stellata.html

Species account for Gavia immer provides facts, photos, and sound files. Includes answers to research questions, such as how acid rain affects these birds.
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The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals Research Projects Common Loon  Loons have black heads that appear almost iridescent, red eyes, a long dark pointed bill, a white necklace around the black neck, and white spots on a dark black back and sides. The Common Loon has a white breast and...
http://sbaa.ca/projects.asp?cn=303