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I Can’t Sleep

Common Loon – Nature’s Most Melancholic Lullaby

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster & Glassbox Media

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The common loon: haunting calls, impeccable diving skills, and a love for solitude—nature’s ultimate insomniac. Drift off as we explore the life of this enigmatic bird, from its eerie nighttime calls to its Olympic-level underwater prowess. Thanks to Kimm Waldack for sponsoring this episode. Want More? Request a topic: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/request-a-topic Listen ad-free & support: https://icantsleep.supportingcast.fm/ Shop sleep-friendly products: https://www.icantsleeppodcast.com/sponsors This content is derived from the Wikipedia article on Common Loon, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. Read the full article: Wikipedia - Common Loon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the I Can't Sleep podcast, where I read random articles from across the web to

0:45.9

bore you to sleep with my soothing voice. I'm your host, Benjamin Boster, and today's episode is from a

0:52.7

Wikipedia article titled A Common Loon. This episode is

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brought to you by Kim Waldock who requested today's topic. Thank you, Kim. If you'd like to skip the line

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The common loon or great northern diver is a large member of the loon or diver family of birds.

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Breeding adults have a plumage that includes a broad black head and neck with a greenish, purplish, or bluish-sheen, blackish or blackish-gray upper parts and pure white underparts, except some black on the

1:37.2

undertale coverts and vent.

1:41.1

Non-breeding adults are brownish, with a dark neck and head marked with dark gray-brown.

1:47.0

Their upper parts are dark brownish-gray with an unclear pattern of squares on the shoulders,

1:54.0

and the upper parts, lower face, chin, and throat are whitish.

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The sexes look alike, though males are significantly heavier than females.

2:06.6

During the breeding season, loons live on lakes and other waterways in Canada, the Northern

2:12.6

United States, including Alaska, and southern parts of Greenland and Iceland. Small numbers breed on

2:21.9

Svalbard and sporadically elsewhere in Arctic Eurasia. Commonloons winter on both coasts of the U.S. as

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