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The top story you need to hear from the Fort Frances Times for Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

To hear a Common Loon in the wild during summer, you’ll need to find a northern, freshwater lake where a pair is nesting. But to find that same Common Loon in winter, you’ll likely need to look on a saltwater bay. This shift from fresh to salt water would kill most animals. But loons — along with many ducks and other water birds — have evolved to make that move. It’s possible that breeding adults nest on fresh water in order to save their energy for raising chicks.

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While many birds have hollow bones that make flying a breeze, diving birds are built differently. The bones of divers such as Common Loons are denser than those of songbirds and other expert fliers. With a lightweight skeleton, they’d be too buoyant to dive and chase fish. Instead, loons can kick their powerful legs and webbed feet to swim 200 feet or more underwater!

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Will interviews one of the world's leading experts on the Common Loon, Dr. James D. Paruk. Together they discuss what it is that humans find so fascinating about loons, from their mournful wail to striking plumage. This conversation is flecked with awesome facts and unbelievable stories from Jim's adventures in the world of the loon.

 If you love loons too, check out Jim's book, Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver, to hear more stories directly from the Indiana Jones of Loons! 
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/loon-lessons

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The call of the Common Loon brings to mind a summer visit to northern lakes. A "yodel" call is given by a male on his breeding territory. With his neck outstretched, the male waves his head from side to side, sending his eerie calls across forests and open water. The yodel entices females and asserts a claim of territory. Nothing common about this bird!

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As Hest Sea.Dubbz is on load management we remote in with Hest Smart Andy to take over Dubbz' duties. Meanwhile Hest Mez is dealing the sickness & also remotes into tonight's episode. All the while Fuzz chills in the @FuzzTalkRadio Studios.
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NHL Hockey, NFL Football, NBA Basketball, MLS Soccer we talk about it all in Episode 3 of Season 6. It's a regular ol' episode of FuzzJockRadio. The time goes fast, we have fun & of course we end it with Fuzzy Memory Trivia!
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It’s 1980, two days from the summer solstice in the wild landscape of Northwestern British Columbia. Deanna and her husband, Jay Kawatski, tend their food garden carved out of the wilderness in the Ningunsaw Valley when Deanna realizes that their first child will be born very soon. The couple must hike difficult mountain & bog terrain through clouds of bloodthirsty mosquitoes for more than two hours to their cabin on Desire Lake. Deanna’s water breaks and she instantly goes into labour. This is the story of their unattended birth, heralded by a family of loons who serenaded them throughout the night.

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Wow, what an episode we have instore for you today! We talk about so many things! From cartoons to sports! Well this is a sports podcast of course! Fire also happens! Enjoy!
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We told you No Rules is going hard this series and we've been waiting for the return of the Young Rottweiler for a whole year. His breakout performance with Margs in July 2020 set Loons on a course for greatness and in his comeback episode we talk about what's happened in the year since, why his mum is a legend, why he stopped Dazza from being robbed for his breakfast, why crypto really is a scam, Bing Bang Billy and The Wranger and more...

The iconic Canadian snowbird. Find out surprising facts about our beautiful Common Loons (Gavia immer) and how they are faring in Canada. We speak with Kathy Jones and Kristin Bianchini to explore the fascinating and fragile world of the Common Loon and the role volunteer scientists play in our understanding of their complex lives.

Join the Canadian Lake Loon Survey visiting: www.birdscanada.org/loon

More on Loons: https://www.birdscanada.org/fantastic-loons-and-where-to-find-them/

Kathy Jones (link to full bio: Our Staff | Birds Canada | Oiseaux Canada): Kathy is the Coordinator of Birds Canada’s Canadian Lakes Loon Survey, the Volunteer Manager for Ontario Programs and is based out of Port Rowan, ON.

Kristin Bianchini: Kristin Bianchini has a Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Saskatchewan. For the past two years, Kristin worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Birds Canada, where she completed the research on Common Loons.

Andrea Gress studied Renewable Resource Management at the University of Saskatchewan. She pivoted towards birds, after an internship in South Africa. Upon returning, she worked with Piping Plovers in Saskatchewan and now coordinates the Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program for Birds Canada.  Follow her work at @ontarioplovers

Andrés Jiménez is a Costa Rican wildlife biologist with a keen interest in snakes, frogs, birds and how human relationships are interconnected with the living world. He studied Tropical Biology in Costa Rica and has a Masters in Environmental Problem Solving from York University. He is Birds Canada's Urban Program Coordinator and you can follow him at @andresjimo

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