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Almost didn’t manage to draw up anything for pride month, oops! Maybe I should do a pride moth as well (thanks autocorrect)

Didn’t turn out the way I intended, but it doesn’t matter because loons are always a win.

99% watercolor with some colored pencil details that you can’t really see. Gotta get the rust out somehow.

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Common Loon (Gavia immer), taken July 4, 2026, in New Hampshire, US

A quiet loon doing some evening hunting on the visitor side of the lake, far from the resident breeding pair's watchful eyes! On this lake, the dominant, breeding pair of loons stick to the shallower half of the lake where the best nesting and preferred hunting spots are, leaving the other half of the lake mostly unguarded unless there's a disturbance. This means that there is an ever-shuffling cast of visitor loons appearing in the area, usually staying a day or two each before moving on. I only saw this particular individual for one day, but it hung around, swimming up and down the shore for the entire day before likely moving on to another lake. It took the place of a cormorant that was in the same area the day before!

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PARENT BUS PARENT BUS

WHERE ARE THEY GOOOOOING

ON A FAMILY VACATIOOOOON

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Day 7: Common Loon

#I will be moving art from my non-bird account here. So this is older [also to give me buffer for stressed days]#Daily bird:#seven #common loon #Gavia immer #loon #bird #bird art #birds

Loon doodle! I love listening to them scream

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📍 Location: San Francisco, California 🗓 Date: June 7, 2026 🐾 Media: Image 🌿 Species: Common Loon (Gavia immer) 📝 Notes: Large diving waterbird found on clear northern lakes during the breeding season and along coastal waters and large inland reservoirs during winter. Recognized by its striking black-and-white checkered breeding plumage, glossy black head, red eyes, and sharp, dagger-like bill.

An expert swimmer and diver, it feeds primarily on fish but also eats crustaceans, amphibians, and aquatic invertebrates. Common Loons are famous for their haunting, echoing calls that carry across northern lakes. They require a long running start to become airborne and spend most of their lives on the water, coming ashore mainly to nest along quiet lake shorelines.

🔗 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/369611600