Gaviiformes: Noa
Examples of order:
- Loons
Habitat:
- These birds are found in Northern North America during the summer, and Southern North America during the winter
- They live and breed on quiet and remote freshwater
What they eat:
- Common food is fish, crayfish, frogs, snails, salamanders and sometimes leeches
Method of eating:
- Loons swallow small pebbles from the bottom of their lakes to help with digestion
- Clear lakes allow them to easily see their prey underwater
- Their pointy bill is used to stab or grab prey that they eat headfirst to swallow their prey whole
- Loons are good divers which allows them to catch fish easily
Physical Characteristics:
- Pointy bill
- Larger than a mallard duck
- There is very little colour
- Wedged shaped feet
- Long bodies and short tails
- Common loons have a black head and a black and white spotted back
Behaviour:
- In the night, pairs and flocks call to each other
- Loons are hardly ever seen at their nests in an effort to protect the nest from predators
- They are not very agile birds on land, spending most of their time in the water or air
- Loons
Habitat:
- These birds are found in Northern North America during the summer, and Southern North America during the winter
- They live and breed on quiet and remote freshwater
What they eat:
- Common food is fish, crayfish, frogs, snails, salamanders and sometimes leeches
Method of eating:
- Loons swallow small pebbles from the bottom of their lakes to help with digestion
- Clear lakes allow them to easily see their prey underwater
- Their pointy bill is used to stab or grab prey that they eat headfirst to swallow their prey whole
- Loons are good divers which allows them to catch fish easily
Physical Characteristics:
- Pointy bill
- Larger than a mallard duck
- There is very little colour
- Wedged shaped feet
- Long bodies and short tails
- Common loons have a black head and a black and white spotted back
Behaviour:
- In the night, pairs and flocks call to each other
- Loons are hardly ever seen at their nests in an effort to protect the nest from predators
- They are not very agile birds on land, spending most of their time in the water or air