Behavior of Post-nest Failure and Non-breeding Common Loons During the Breeding Season

摘要

Common Loon (Gavia immer) breeding,pre-migratory, and wintering behavior has been well described, but no previous author has char- acterized failed and non-breeding loon behavior during the summer breeding season. We quantified the sum- mer behavior of non-breeding and failed breeding loons from 15 lakes in Kejimkujik National Park (Nova Scotia, Canada) and the Lepreau watershed (New Brunswick, Canada).