Loons of Mount Desert Island, Maine

[@cornell_lab]

Lots of Common loon info here: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Loon/overview. Please consider subscribing to our channel.

[@jaynewamsley7773]

Soothing to my parched California soul.

[@waknatious]

i cried. this is the sound of my childhood.

[@sme7385]

You mean you woke up or slept to the sound of loons? How fortunate!

[@jenn9592]

I remember camping with the folks and seeing them drinking coffee, smiling at no one or each other and me complaining that the dang loons woke me up again. I miss those times. Things were so much simpler...

[@Ecovaluations]

Nothing 'common' about these beauties 🖤🤍🖤 Thanks Laman family for bringing us this magnificent videography and storyline.

[@cornell_lab]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@better.better]

I think loons are probably my favorite bird call

[@sunchildgaia]

Are not you lucky to have such an amazing family! :) Fabulous birds!

[@jekaufman5051]

What a wonderful video -- thank you very much! I go to a lake every summer in central Minnesota; we're fortunate to have loons there too.

[@cornell_lab]

Thanks so much for watching.

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

What a great film 👏. I live in the UK and I've always wanted to hear the loons calling after watching the film On Golden Pond. Hopefully I'll make it over once this pandemic has finally come to an end as your film inspired me to actually do what I said I would do 40 years ago.

[@adivlogingermany2644]

excellent a very relaxing beautiful video full of nature i really enjoyed this beautiful video 💕 thanks for sharing💕 greeting from 🇩🇪🙏

[@cornell_lab]

Vielen Dank für Ihre freundlichen Worte, schöne Grüße aus Ithaca, NY.

[@zonrey2781]

Thanks for the beautiful video. Great narrator. Loons have beautiful plumage. I follow different nests of bald eagles, California condors and the royal northern albatross in New Zealand.

[@SportPhilosophies]

The photography, music and narration are so well done, telling beautiful stories while teaching about these amazing birds!

[@cornell_lab]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeannettegravel2637]

Love everything about Loons, they are fascinating! Thank you for this video, wonderful.❤

[@FieldOp56]

Thanks, Amazing video and great sound. Haunting loons, ... nature at its best.

[@Patricia-zq5ug]

I love the way loons swim with their eyes underwater looking for food.

[@sadamhussainsoomro800]

i really want to see loons and listen their reall beautiful calling sounds while they are swming in the water.

[@caso6481]

Lovely photography

[@cornell_lab]

Tim Laman is a regular contributor to the Lab and several other organizations including many, many years with National Geographic. Most of what you are seeing was shot using Red cameras.

[@bhawanishankarawasthi4172]

Thanks for your great efforts to provide such a beautiful story with knowledge

[@davidyoung8875]

most loons live in western canada. they are my all time favorite. they are on our money.

[@WDC_OSA]

This was delightful. I hope to someday hear loons in person

[@ChoctawNawtic4]

They are very beautiful birds.

[@lmillmore46]

Absolutely gorgeous film! I got the opportunity to visit Acadia in June and watched an adult Loon on Upper Hadlock Pond for several minutes after hiking in the park. Beautiful bird and so very relaxing. The setting was extraordinary. Thanks for Cornell's support of conservation and filmmaking!

[@lobree]

Excellent short documentary about these fascinating birds.

[@patriciagordon7353]

Really enjoyed this. I never knew Loons made that sound. Nature is so wonderful.

[@svlongfel]

Thank you. What beautiful birds.

[@sarahvincent2305]

I love loons so much, i miss being in the adirondacks to watch and listen to them. Thank you for this beautiful video

[@cornell_lab]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MaBelleVieUSA]

Great documentary, beautifully produced. The sound and videography spectacular.

[@kateclark7250]

This was a beautiful video! Thank you for this.

[@cornell_lab]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@charlannwalker4443]

Just lovely. Great narration and story. Good family togetherness. Love the loon song

[@darrendavy4248]

Great film and photography , narration was excellent, loved watching this short documentary very informative, thank you.

[@DavidKatz]

Beautiful!

[@AllThingsConsidered333]

I sure do love all the sounds they make! I found a long compilation of lake water & loon sounds that I have been falling asleep to at night. Next year I plan to travel a few hours north to see them.

[@judibass2859]

Amazing photography and commentary. I am the loon ranger here at our lake in Michigan. Thank you for sharing.

[@cjjenkins9168]

Beautiful birds! Thanks so much!

[@BabaLouMoose]

Enjoyed this series. Well done.

[@sunsetta9496]

Thank you for such beautiful birds up close🌼

[@amydason9332]

Pretty amazing Loons ! Stunning voices! GOD IS GREAT! Amen!

[@nunyablahhh]

My SO and I visited Bar Harbor right next to Acadia over the weekend. The whole place is absolutely beautiful, and I hope someday we will be able to go again to explore the park itself.

[@MushroomKingdom722]

Great video all around. Great work guys!!!

[@newmanmarine1867]

Billy, thank you so much for sharing this video! The photography is amazing, and I learned something from Jessica's dialogue. Thank you!

[@PatrickSalsbury]

This is really excellent. Thanks for putting together something so interesting!

[@cornell_lab]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@atrikings365]

Why doesnt this video have more views? This is so calming and beautiful!

[@DonRousselPhotography]

Gorgeous cinematography and sound, what a beautiful documentary.

[@jfjacks]

Beautiful presentation!! Love the sound of these wonderful loons!!

[@williamparadis3058]

lovely video, thank you

[@chintansheth8534]

lovely documentary film and narration! I was happy to see some sketches too :)

[@sarveshbhalerao]

Beautiful documentary, just loved it...

[@robertredd2835]

Wonderful photography!

[@lindadowling1017]

Just excellent..great example of a positive family project! I am sure these teens can look forward to bright futures!

[@Ape-El]

Going to Acadia soon. Hopefully will see some loons!

[@cjp860]

Thanks for this. Very well done and enjoyable. Love these magnificent birds 😍

[@JAO-bb5]

I'm a subscriber & just shared some of these vid's with my family who live in central NY, where we have many fresh water lakes. I summer in the Adirondacks but the lake I'm on is a reservoir with fluctuating water levels so although we have loons visit in the summer, sadly, they do not nest. I have such peace watching these vid's & I love the info on my adored birds. Thank-you!

[@keiajinfilms]

This was absolutely lovely - loons are some of my FAV birds, and I also associate them with quiet evenings on a lake in the Adirondacks or Maine. I am thrilled to report that there is now a loon living all the way east in Walden pond in Mass! Although I believe he or she was a transplant. He or she seems unphased by the pond’s overcrowding, so far anyway.

[@johnwelchphotography]

Did the loons at Walden Pond you mentioned actually have chicks? Just curious, never heard of them nesting so far south.

[@loggerheadshrike100]

Very well done! What an amazing family project!

[@1890atrs]

Very wonderful footage !!

[@cornell_lab]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@TheresiaSwiebel]

Very beautiful Thank you! 👍🤗

[@cornell_lab]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@larrysherk]

What a beautiful job you folks have done ! And not in the least in the editing room ! I am touched. Thank you.

[@galaxy_mosaic3587]

very well done video. thank you. I hope you would have more like this

[@better.better]

nice narration Jessica!

[@cornell_lab]

Glad you liked it!

[@sarahj87]

This is fantastic

[@Tui1x]

Beautiful

[@akshaymahajan107]

Beautifully narrated

[@jos7870]

Thank you so much for this incredible and so well filmed video of Common Loons interacting with their young. This is really the best I have ever seen. Really enjoyed the story, voice and choice of music !!!

[@vandamner]

Well done Jessica and family. Very informative

[@mohamedrehman]

Great job . Well done !

[@Tymdek]

Great video! I got to see my first loon this year. Same species as this one but since I live in Germany and this was in January, it obviously was in its winter plumage.

[@debabratasingha6430]

Mind-blowing experience 👌

[@nancydb1390]

Great video. I adore loons.

[@alexmultimodalpackrafting915]

Great job narrating and summing up this amazing footage! Greetings from Vienna/AUT where the Loon wailing unfortunately can only be heard in the zoo.

[@PlanetLenseye]

Beautiful and amazing documentary

Fantastic video, congratulations

[@cornell_lab]

Many thanks!

[@daveyboy6985]

Love these birds, I wish they were New Zealand, my country.☹

[@sme7385]

I love looney loons. They are so beautiful and majestic. Love how you drew the pictures of the loons on your drawing book. So talented. It was a collaborative effort on all your parts and you did wonderful. Make more Loon Channels as well. Thank you.

[@janeburton7647]

Lovely Video! Thanks for posting!

[@RobertKingofMaine]

Outstanding! So glad to see your family working together on this. What better life can there be?

[@sewerrat11000]

Simply fantastic. Enjoyed every second and subscribed. Hope to hear them in person one day and help with their conservation. The most beautiful bird in the world to me.

[@sewerrat11000]

Always a good idea to revisit this!

[@Rangeley]

Awesome footage.

[@عبدعبد-ظ9ف9ب]

Subhn alah beauteful berds thnk yo very mach to this veduo lm from bghdad Iraq

[@rajkumarbhagat5638]

Very Nice

[@christinasophieschultz5081]

This. Was. Beautiful. ❤thank you 😂

[@rickwaldron4255]

The call of the loons tome us so peacefully and servant to me..lost makes my want to.leave the city for good get back to natchure wit the cry of the loons..this us real liveing

[@brisasde7]

Love this

[@Jmz2024]

Hermosos lugares gracias por compartir

[@Jmz2024]

Dios que grande eres, mira que aves tan hermosas has creado . ❤

[@OspreyFlyer]

Wonderful 👍👏♥️

[@vivian3829]

Wuauu!!! que maravilloso🥰🤗😉👍

[@mamarasingha7426]

Good luck. Happy journey, My dear. ජය ශ්‍රී ,ශ්‍රි ලංකා

[@_sooie_]

LOVE LOONS!

[@PM2024-]

Superb video 🎥

[@petersterling5334]

Really nice Video! It was Great you could do it as a Family project! It came out Very well.

[@Gregory15]

Very very nice video my friend 👍🎥♥️ regards 🖐️

[@marciaskinner4377]

Lovely❤

[@debszakormos7919]

This is a superbly crafted visually and audibly stunning video. Bravo 🤗👌👼! ♡☆ Narrator holds your attention Too. I sub'd long ago❗🐦😏🇨🇦

[@cornell_lab]

Wow, thank you!

[@frednorman1]

Nice video I wish we had loons out in the West…

[@naturephotographyexplore3672]

Nice

[@abesapien9930]

I really wish that illustrated notebook in the thumbnail was real--I would love to read it!

[@cornell_lab]

Hi, those are just a few pages of Jessica's field notes.

[@christopherstevenson9737]

Fabulous video work and great story telling! Oddly I spent several weeks every summer as a kid on MDI and hiking up Echo Lake cliffs and around Hadley Pond, but never saw or heard loons. Perhaps less common in late 60’s - 70’s? Also would love to know what type of camera your dad shoots with? That’s a massive zoom lens!

[@dianehunter2649]

They come to Texas during the winter.

[@NE-Explorer]

I never realized it but they camp near salt water

[@DwayneSimeon]

Ours together our little family with rank and position Loons