#loons — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #loons, aggregated by home.social.
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😢 A #MarineHeatWave caused seabird deaths off California. El Nino could worsen the die-off
‘We don’t know how bad this is going to get’
By JULIE WATSON
Updated 1:25 PM EDT, July 1, 2026SAN DIEGO (AP) — "Within minutes of walking on a #SanDiego beach, marine ornithologist Tammy Russell found the feathered carcasses — one after another.
Some were mixed in with washed up kelp. Others were under rocks."Each month, scientists and volunteers conduct surveys of dead #seabirds and find what Russell describes as a grim assessment of the impact of a massive marine HeatWave that has lingered for months off parts of the California coast.
"The surveys that have been carried out by various organizations for decades help build a baseline of information on beached sea life to detect threats and their impact.
"Many seabirds, including California #BrownPelicans, #loons and #grebes, starved to death in recent months as record-setting ocean temperatures decreased the band of cold, nutrient-rich surface water where #krill, #anchovies and #sardines thrive near the shore, said Russell, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
"We’ve been seeing #cormorants walk to shore and then just die within the hour. I mean one time it happened within 15 minutes, and I’ve never seen that before,” Russell said. 'That has been heartbreaking for me and we’re seeing this happening across the whole coast.'
"Scientists fear the die-off could worsen with the recently formed El Nino, the natural warming of parts of the central Pacific that alters weather worldwide and spikes global temperatures."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/jsx3D#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PacificOcean #ElNino #WarmingOceans #OceanDieOff #Seabirds
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Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
#Loon #Diver #Gavia #BirdsOfMastodon #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Loons #Divers #Bird #Birds #BabyBirds #BabyBird #BabyAnimal #BabyAnimals #BirdPhotography #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Photo #Photography
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I heard the loons calling last night. They're not usually here so early, while the lake is still mostly frozen. I hope they won't be vulnerable in the small open spots on the lake.
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The Washington Post Is Hitler's toilet paper.
America dies in Bezos Darkness..
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Off to shoot at Welland Community Orchard.
Wearing my #Indigenous #loons #art #facemask today 🙂 -
I’m sad that we lost, but we had a good run. Let’s fucking run it back next year, and WIN THIS SHIT. LETS GO LOONS!!!! #mnufc #MLS #MastodonFC #loons #MLSCupPlayoffs
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More photos of the beautiful leucistic loon.
Photographer - Chris Whitty
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Spectacular: a leucistic Loon!
I've got around 22 photos of this beautiful bird. I'll put up four here, and then post another four.
Photographer - Chris Whitty
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A loon returns to his territorial pond, calling for his mate and making a long, smooth landing on his belly. 😁 🖤 🤍 🖤
The legs are so far back on a loon's body that if he'd tried to set down on his feet, he would have faceplanted. What he does instead is use his legs and feet, still stretched out behind him, as brakes so he can slow down.
Video - Ray Yeager
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Fascinating Loon Fact: this is the only way a loon can "walk." They're unable to walk on dry land because their legs are set so far back on their bodies that if they even managed to stand (which they can't), they'd fall on their faces. Instead, the function of their legs and feet is to allow them to paddle through the water, where they spend virtually all their lives, and to help propel them forward and upward from the water when they want to fly. 🖤🤎🤍❤️
Photographer - Kathy Diamontopoulos
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The loons are less common in lakes, likely due to climate change.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-1.7619290
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Les huards sont moins courants dans les lacs, probablement à cause des changements climatiques.// Infolettre en anglais //
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Kayaking this afternoon. So lucky to spend a good amount of time observing 2 Bald Eagles and then, upon returning, to see 2 different pairs of Loons. #Maine #wildlife #getoutdoors #kayak #eagles #loons #NotABirder
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I added a silly easter egg to my site and today is the first time it could trigger since I added it.
Anyways, here's wonderwall...
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Why does the third highest player (Gressel) on the Loons spend so much time on the bench and often come in as reserve? #MNUnited #Loons @loonybinpodcast.bsky.social
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I have ‘em on the lake across the way and on the lake on the other side of my place here in very northern Wisconsin but haven’t managed a photo of a common loon like this one in New Hampshire on 11 July, 2025. Photo by Mark Schocken.
#BirdsOfMastodon
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Hey! Here's my first ever attempt at blogging!
https://www.samluyk.com/woods-lake-loons-july-9th-2025/
#photography #nature #loons #adirondacks #upstateny #birding
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Bird of the Day — Common Loon, Kansas, yesterday
#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #FlyoverCountry #Loons
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Loon chicks ride on Mom while Dad delivers the fresh catch of the day. These little fluffballs are just 2 days old and already living the VIP life! #Loons #BabyBirds #Wildlife #NatureLovers #BirdWatching #birds #nature #beauty
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3°C just now. Surprised to see these two #Loons close to shore. They dove and resurfaced further out in the lake after this shot. #NatureLovers #PhotoMonday #PhotoMontag
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Opinion: #Trump's #GOP #excuses #racists, #loons and #criminals. There's no #bottom anymore.
What matters here is less the #racist #rant of a decidedly #doltish #dipstick like #GOP #Rep. #ClayHiggins and more the #ease with which #Trump-era #Republicans excuse the #monsters in their midst.
— They excuse them, because they see themselves in the monsters. The image in the next post explains it better than I ever could...
