Red-throated loon at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Published 11:28 am Thursday, March 2, 2023
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Karen Lebing photo, courtesy USFWS
Karen Lebing photo, courtesy USFWS
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The red-throated loon (Gavia stellata) is a seabird usually found in the ocean, but the one pictured was foraging in the Pamlico Sound at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge.
Loons will often be seen standing up on the water while they shake out their wing feathers after preening.
Red-throated loons are great fishers; they catch their meal both by drop-diving while in flight, or diving while floating on the surface.
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