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Evaluation Of Disturbance Factors And Their Effect On Breeding Common Loons At Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, New Hampshire And Maine, Kyle P. Mccarthy

Open Access Dissertations

Virtually any person exposed to American movies or television has likely heard the call of a common loon (Gavia immer). Its use as a sound prop has become ubiquitous in any scene related to the outdoors or the wilderness, even if the area filmed is in no way related to true loon habitat. The reason behind this is that the common loon and its haunting cries have come to symbolize the great outdoors. The sound of their call is meant to make the audience feel like the scene they are watching is in a remote area, far from the trappings …