Nov 29, 2025
Common loons calling.
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Common loons calling.
Just started playing Baldur's Gate and I'm loving it so far!
The only thing that bugs me is that in the ambient sound, there are Common Loon calls in the background NOWHERE NEAR a body of water big enough for them to live or nest!! There are streams, there are rivers, there's a spooky swamp, but no LAKES!!
Like I know they're the stereotypical "spooky bird call" thats used in all sorts of movies and shows but like,,, THEY NEED LAKES TO LIVE IN DURING WARM SEASONS AND THERE ARE NO FUCKING LAKES IN THE STARTING AREA!!
WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY, SOUND DESIGNERS?? WHY AM I HEARING LOONS WHERE THERES NO FUCKING LAKES???
Two Common Loons on Chemong Lake, Ontario, Canada
Wings Along the Waterway. Written and illustrated by Mary Barrett Brown. 1992.
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Growing Up
Photographer: Raymond Hennessy, US.
Great northern divers (known as common loons in North America) and their chicks take to the water soon after the chicks hatch. The size difference between adult and youngster is evident in this image and shows just how much growing is left for this tiny chick.
2021 Bird Photographer of the Year
Wings Along the Waterway. Written and illustrated by Mary Barrett Brown. 1992.
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The Child's Picture Scrap Book. Containing Upwards of Four Hundred Illustrations by John Gilbert, J. D. Watson, Wolf, Coleman, etc. 1865.
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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Mammals II. Illustration by Wilhelm Eigener. 1972.