Common Loon: calls (wailing and tremolo) in sheet music

If you’ve never seen a loon, chances are you’ve heard its call, as it is used in many movies for atmospheric and eerie ambiance. Some of these films are: Out of Africa, Platoon, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Rick and Morty, Watchmen, Godzilla, Infinity War, 1917, and Avengers: Endgame. The common loon (Gavia immer) breeds across northern North America, Iceland, and Greenland, and winters as far south as Florida and California. The loon is also found in western and northern Europe, and some are sighted as far south as Portugal and Morocco. The loon is a shy and very aquatic bird that spends almost all its life on the water, mainly because it can hardly walk ashore due to the extreme rear placement of its legs. Loons may not be very agile on land, but they are excellent divers who can dive up to 60 meters (200 feet) deep to catch fish! Loons communicate with four different types of calls, two of which this video features. The first, called wailing, is the most famous; it resembles the howling of a wolf and is mainly used to maintain contact and get closer to other loons. The wailing call also gives the loon its name, as it sounds “lunatic.“ The second, called tremolo call, is used in distress or territorial disputes. It is the only vocalization that loons can perform in flight. Facts to go: 1. Loons appear on the Canadian currency: the one-dollar “loonie“ coin and a valuable series of $20 bills. 2. In 1961, the state of Minnesota declared the loon its state bird. Transcription: @AlexanderLiebermann Videos: @mondorep, Chronologically Advanced Action Man, @HarryCollinsPhotography,@johnfredeen #birds #music #composition #loon