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| | Common Loon |
 | | The wings are narrow but powerful, tail feathers are very short and stiff, and the three front toes are webbed (Leahy, 1982). |
 | | Gavia immer is found on lakes surrounded by conifers, tundra ponds, open lakes, bays, and seas (Peterson, 1990). |
 | | This species is found from western and central Alaska, northern Yukon, northwestern and southern Mackenzie, central Keewatin, northern Manitoba, northern Ontario, southern Baffin Island, Labrador and Newfoundland south to northwestern Montana, North Dakota, northern Iowa, northern Illinois, northern Indiana, northern Ohio, northern Pennsylvania, northern New York, southern New England, and Nova Scotia. |
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