Voices: Common Loon
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2010
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Experience the quintessential sound of the North Woods as described by Macaulay Library Audio Curator, Greg Budney.
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just found out this is a real animal.
i remember hearing the sound effect in movies on other planets thinking it was some alien sound that was created, and never thought it was a real animal until now.
thanks for siren head noises
I caught the call this morning on my rainy walk
I love how you articulate the way the loons sound
I was not so knowledgeable & I found your video before putting mine up today!
I remember hearing these as a kid and thinking they were coyotes
Davin Schon omg yeah, i thought it was wolves and got excited cause i loved wolves X3
I hear them right now I thought they were coyotes and my mother told me they were loons guess I was wrong
Tori IKR OMFG.
They kinda sound like coyotes..
I thought they were wolves and I remember being in bed at the cottage, kind of creeped out lol
It's so eerie and mournful. I love listening to these when camping near lakes.
It might be a skinwalker lol
AVET87 Now that's just creepy.
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you my good sir, have summarized loons in two words: eerie and mournful.
Once one hears these amazing birds, you are transformed into a Loon lover forever. As the narrator said, the sounds stick with you for the rest of your life. Such enchanting birds.
Joyce Brady so true!!!!
Absolutely, my friend!
This is so true
so true
i didn't realise you said "lover" when i first read this. disappointing :(
First time I heard the Loon was on isle royale in superior, and he’s right, I’ll never forget it.
Yea it’s hard to forget the first time you shit your pants as an adult
Mines was ossawannamakee lake with my boyfriends family. Very beautiful
Same. What a memory.
First time I heard one was in Darkroot Garden in Lordran.
@@prosciutto6 😂😂😂
The howl of the wolf and the call of the loon: few sounds go straight to my soul like those two.
And the elk bugile
Elder One I don’t think Andrewsarchus howled, pet
@Elder One since they were sacred animals admired the Native American tribes
The only things that make me homesick for Minnesota. And the pine trees.
@Rin Santiago There's no way to know what Andrewsarchus sounded like. It may very have howled, just as it may very well have made any number of sounds.
So, the mournful call of the loon is actually a beautiful game of marco polo.
Clever! (And poetic)
Ya basically
Too funny!
Same thing, really. Haha...
a game of _awoo-ah woo_
These birds' calls embody the spirit of the wilderness. It's so hard to explain, but it just gives you this heavy feeling in your chest whenever you hear them.
Alot of movies make this sound eerie and creepy but I always find it relaxing, and calming since it means your in the wilderness
I get your hidden message.
There are mines in the nature,
But who put them there...🤔🤫
It's very relaxing.
The cry of a Loon or the laugh of a Kookaburras are the most awesome sounds in nature or two of my favorites
The sound of a loon is heard in the movie Shutter Island during a dream scene
You best remember well, nature is not your friend.
Hauntingly beautiful....
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Try waking up at 2 in the morning to go fishing. You will hear a ton of these.
Like elks
at night, not knowing what this was, scared the shit out of me.
Matt Pulley haha unfortunate, I have always known that loons sounded similar to wolves and when at my cottage can distinguish the two
cave sounds except their lake sounds
I nearly shit my pants thinking they were wolves. When I finally got to my car and relaxed a bit, I realized they were probably just loons😂
Still does knowing what it is
I am 67 now and have been a canoe tripper all my life. This loon call, and the joyful sounds of children at play, are my favorite sounds in this world.
I’m 40 years younger than you Rick, but I hope to become like you as I grow older. You have a good soul. I wish you well.
Apologies for late reply - would really enjoy living close to you, a conversation. My wife and I enjoy the sounds of children and nature.
As someone who grew up in Maine where lakes are numerous, the loon call is a very nostalgic sound for me.
Totally! I also grew up in Maine lol
State bird of Minnesota. Beautiful, haunting sound.
One of my favorite birds, absolutely love camping near some Lake, specially in northern Minnesota. And hearing them call out.
It's also the provincial bird of Ontario! Loon enthusiasts UNITE! 😂😍
It's also what Canadian 1 dollars are named after
Try Maine.
The unofficial State Bird of Minnesota is the mosquito.
am I the only one that gets chills listening to this? it's magical!
Many solo canoe trips in the Adirondacks listening to my friends.
I definitely do to
I tear up oh the memories....
When I first heard it 3 years ago after moving to Maine, it gave me the chills.
no your not the only im so scared rn
Makes you fall in love with Earth and her many masterpieces.
Well put
I almost sounds like they are calling "Where aaaare you?" Beautiful.
The first time I heard a loon in the wild was when I was backpacking in Glacier National Park. I stopped by Harrison lake, totally secluded, and heard their call as I was drifting off to sleep. It was heaven.
Eric Sterwerf I can only imagine! It’s my only wish rn to be able to listen to their calls. It’d be heaven
MoundShroud Creations yes great memories: i heared them when paddling the big salmon river at sandy lake, totally calmness, first sounds in the morning, just before sunrise
Yes, it is as close to heaven as we can get here on earth.
I'm in Montana and we hear the call all the time up at our cabin its truly am experience
Same here. I went camping in Haliburton, Ontario and heard this very early morning. Must of been dawn. Just before the sun would come up. Was surrounded by a lake. Was the most beautiful and daunting sound I ever heard as drifting off to sleep. It kind of woke me up and was so beautiful as I layer there listening as my heart was pounding in my chest ♡ somehow I knew it was a loon though I never heard before. ... it almost resembles a coyote but then I knew it was different. Has whopping looping sound to it. So beautiful. ♡
What a fantastic sound! It is so beautiful and mysterious at the same time. Like a wolf that turned into a bird. Wow!
yes
Exactly!
@@barbarawashington844 true, a wolf transforms into a waterbird
Yeah exactly
That's a lovely way to say it.
I used to live by a lake, and I used to love opening my window at night and just listening to them. Their howls are just so beautiful.
The gifts of this world never cease to astound me with their beauty! This is one of those gifts!
I hear this all summer coming in my bedroom window from the lakes across the street. There is no other bird that can sing such a haunting song. A loons cry is what made me fall in love with northern Michigan. Thank you for posting such a beautiful video.
Nona Yabizness if it made you love Michigan because of that Minnesota would be heaven
I was out there my grandparents house in Texas and I heard two loons it was the most beautiful sound I ever heard
@@clorbach2450 You're welcome. Love, Canada.
it is a sad sound. beautiful but sad a beacon to a lost love. it is not a crazy or loony sound like i expected. this is why i love birds.
It's not sad to me...it is communication between a lifelong united couple. Their evening has started, they are locating each other to once again unite and share their bird life, a mystery to me.
They have a few different sounds - their tremelo is the looney sound you were expecting.
You should see them run accross the water though! Made me break out in laughter :)) "What a Loon!"
I was thinking the same thing...I know it's really a happy sound, but it just sounds so mournful...
for whatever reason, this sound was used as the death-sound of a particular mushroom like enemy in the videogame Dark Souls. Not to be misunderstood, it worked perfectly as whenever you hear the sound you hear something you would associate with a peaceful environment, and you question the action you took. This sound is used in a perfect scenario in that game, and it is beautiful in itself. so I guess I now know the reason why this particular sound was chosen...
I was looking for this
It always made me feel bad. But, I need that lighting pine resin, little buddy.
Brings me back to the long trips to Wisconsin as a kid, going down to the cottage and sitting on the dock with my feet in the water as the sun sets. I miss the nights when the loons were active, calling for one another out on the big open lake. Its nights like those I'll never forget, and nights like those I'll tell my kids about in the future.
I'll never forget my childhood evenings watching the sun set over the lake at our cottage and listening to the calls of the loons.
That sounds great! I wish i would have been in a place like that as well!
being Dutch I never heard a bird making such a haunting sound. Not sure yet what to think of it because it is quite a scary sound to hear since it reminds me of wolves, but then again: it is very beautiful. BTW, a fanfic about world war Z brought me here. The author mentioned loons and I looked it up.
The first time I heard one in Northern Wisconsin, I thought I was hearing a ghost!
As a kid I fell in love with the sound as soon as I heard it. They were demoing recordings of them at some curiosity store in Niagara Falls and I begged my parents to buy me a copy of it. Never found them particularly scary, but there is a bit of a sad "siren's call" feel to it. If you want scary though, listen to elk mating calls. They sound like something from Jurassic Park.
Stupid world z has nothing to do with this.
Birds can be quite haunting. I'm fond of the mourning dove myself.
I live in Michigan, the first time I heard it when I was a kid I remember tearing up a little because I loved the sound.
Grandpa and I used to listen to these birds quietly together reminds me of him. I'm going to have a common loon tattoo on my left arm in memory of my favorite grandfather.
Growing up in northern Wisconsin, I would fall asleep listening to loons every night. Makes me want to move back up there!
Frighteningly beautiful, lonely sound. Such exquisite birds.
The Loon's call is such a beautiful and majestic sound. It reminds me of various fantasy movies during lake scenes. The call of the Loon just conjures up images of a vast and majestic world which is untouched by human hands (for the most part)
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Dark Jedi Wow, it is so rare to find such a nice and poetic comment on UA-cam.
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I remember listening to them at night in the summer and often they'd alternated between the mourning call and a laughing call. I always loved listening to them.
there is a movie with Henry and Jane Fonda and Katherine Hepburn you must watch! i think it‘s title is golden lake ? :)) R
@@raven3886 The female has a cry that sounds similar to a wolf 🐺
The beautiful lonely wail of the solitary loon. Beautiful.....lifts your spirit ......longing call of the loon. Natures wonder...Gods gift. 🎶
Not only are they gorgeous birds, the noise they make is just so awe inspiring
It's a sound and feeling you will never forget. It's stayed with me since childhood when the family would go to our northern cottage.
Same here.
Such a beautiful yet haunting sound :)
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TheTruelakersfan You are a fuckwit, that is all.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology if I was Camping in Adirondack Lake with my family. I might be able to hear some loons call from the lake
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I like common loons thank you :)
It’s beautiful yet haunting.
I grew up with this beautiful and mysterious song as the soundtrack to my summers in Maine. It's so dear to me that it's almost like a lullaby now.
When hearing this sound I can imagine the cold, wide and foggy landscape of the North with conifers everywhere. I wished these birds lived here in Germany too. That would be beautiful camping experiences by night.
I've been going to Ely, MN for the last 30 years. "This sound will remain with you for the rest of your life". Absolutely rings true! The common Loon is uncommonly beautiful.
Lovely video! Used to hear them when my late husband & I used to visit our Ontario Halliburton’s & Algonquin Park. Cheers!
What an amazing sound.
Yummy very tasty bird too. :@)
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Just made my cry.. I remember being at my grand-papa's cabin on the island.. This took me back completely and now I'm just sobbing.. Thanks
The most beautiful call ever. Hits your soul. I will always remember the feeling hearing this on those northern MN trips as a child.
I love hearing the sound of loons in the summer, especially when camping. They sound so relaxing and they are so beautiful ❤️.
I can listen to this over and over. It's so eerie, but at the same time, comforting.
I know the old song goes, Hear that lonesome whippoorwill, he could have just as easily wrote the song using a Loon. If you have never been on a secluded mountain lake at dusk and heard this beautiful and haunting sound you really need to. One of God's most amazing creations.
i heard one of these while sleeping in a tent with my friends a few months ago and it scared the shit out of me
One of the most beautiful sounds of life
I also love to gear the mourning dove call. It also sticks with you for the rest of your life. Waking up early on a hot, humid morning to them calling is the best feeling ever.
EraseMeWhole, we live way out in the country. We have coyotes, deer, wild turkeys, wild hogs, etc., but nothing makes me any happier than hearing the mourning doves and the Bob White. I even love the Canada Geese, although the fly from a neighbor's lake to roost in the peach orchards behind our house and honk all night long, I still love it!
Loon calls are one of the things I miss most from Maine. 🖤
The first time I heard a loon, I was an 11 year old visiting my grandparents in Minnesota. They lived on a lake and kept their windows open. Now that I'm an adult, I think the cry of a loon is lovely. As a child, it freaked me out and I woke my poor grandmother up.
This is something on my bucket list, hearing these birds call while the sun sets I can’t imagine how peaceful it would be
Here after hearing this bird call in 4 songs off Doja Cat’s new album Planet Her. Every time one of the songs starts I get a pang in my heart & wanted to know what bird call it was. This beautiful video explaining the call so well filled my heart up, too! 🥰🥲 what a beautiful world we live in. So much emotion in that call.
Reminds me of late nights by silent, peaceful lakes in northern Sweden. Definitely one of my favorite bird calls.
Beautiful, thanks for sharing.
I'll never forget the first time I heard a loon, beautiful and eerie and the same time
This makes me want to go camping even more! I love waking up in the mornings and hearing the Loons. With some hot cocoa and a morning fire it's a great way to start the day!
Beautiful, haunting sound.
I just love nature and this is why you cant get a more beautiful sound than birds and mammals calling
How great is this!? ❤️
Everytime I hear that call it gives me chills down my spine
My state of Minnesota's state bird. My favorite sound here.
Absolutely love, love the loon’s cry. Something so haunting about its cry.
Haunting calls , wonderful birds .
Such a magically eerie feeling. Brings me back to my days growing up at our cabin vacation home at Lake Almanor in Cali, Plumus County region.
I’m listening to this right now as I’m blessed to live on the water in Maine…it’s 6am. It’s a sound that touches your soul.
Makes me miss Maine. Such a haunting sound. Hearing them talk to each other in the deep of night is always comforting to me.
Many times camping with my dad on Lows lake listening to the beauty. So peaceful
Always head up to the adirondacks near old forge every year. I always love the spirited call loons make as it echoes across the lake.
I was fortunate enough on one occasion to have a pair of loons come within 30 ft of my canoe. The sound of conversation among themselves was truly unforgettable.
I remember hearing and seeing loons in Northern Wisconsin. Truly an unforgettable sound.
I love the sounds they make!
Love camping up northern Ontario, and your morning alarm clock are the sounds of loon calls echoing and wolves howling in the distance
This is the first time in my life I have ever heard a Loon, or seen one! His call is beautiful 😍! I am 69 yes old! Beautiful job you do!
The echo gives it such an exaggerated feel! It’s amazing what this world holds as far as this beautiful bird.
A shopkeeper in Lake George introduced me to loons (as a topic) and he described their call as, "hauntingly beautiful." I couldn't agree more :) Cornell, keep up the good work. Your Merlin app is a work of art! I love what you've created.
I'll never forget my first time ever hearing a loons wail. It was at a cabin on Lake Brandy in Northern Minnesota. The sun had just set, and there was a storm brewing in the distance. Then came the loons beautiful yet sad sounding call. Absolutely chilling.
Oh how I would love to make a living recording bird calls! Thanks for sharing this beautiful video & recordings.
I always wait to hear the call of the loon when at my cottage in the laurentians here in Quebec. I even see them come to my lake at dusk to feed which is always so special to see.
I was at my friend's cottage in Mount vernon maine last Saturday and we were getting hammered and I passed out on their hammock and fell asleep and the echo of this bird was amazing in the morning hours I wish i could wake up everyday to this bird
That’s one of the best and beautiful sounds I have ever heard 🤤
Who would dislike this? I like it.
This bird is majestic!
I love waking up at the cabin in northern minnesota and sitting outside by the lake listening to the loons. On a sunny, 60 degree morning in July it is the most relaxing noise and there is no where I’d rather be in the world
Love them! When I was a child we had a cottage in northern Ontario and every morning we would hear loons it was so peaceful!
We even got a landline phone that had a loon ringer... until it broke and kept changing to a ducks voice lol.
This bird and the lyrebird. Those are my favourites
(Btw the narrator has a really relaxing voice)
A beautiful sound always brings tears to my eyes. I feel lucky to hear this sound all the time as a lifetime resident of Minnesota and an avid traveler of the State.
Lived in Minnesota as a kid and go back to my grandparents Every year, always love hearing the lions on the lake.
It sounds almost like a howling dog.
My dog did not howl in response to this video
Edit: She also never howls at anything.
I hear loons way too often, that it’s just a normal thing for me to hear. I love it
To hear these beautiful sounds, is on my bucket list.
Such a great voice❤❤
Such a fabulous, haunting, goose bump producing sound!
The call of the Great Northern Loon is eerie, evocative, uncanny. I remember the first time I heard one it sent a slight chill down my spine. It is hauntingly beautiful and unlike anything else you are ever likely to hear.
Absolutely the most haunting sound I've ever heard but it remains in my soul for as long as I may live.
It's a reminder of home for me.. Currently living in New Mexico but from Minnesota.. The sound brings back so many memories.
Just went camping for the first time ever! Went to the Adirondacks and heard coyotes and loons. I'm obsessed with their sounds
That sound is so beautiful and majestic
I always take a walk by the lake during sunset just to hear these magical sounds….Minnesota HOME.
What a mournful yet so hauntingly enchanting sound. It's mesmerising.