Name: Common Loon - Signed Fine Art Print
SKU: 75067
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Common Loon – Signed Fine Art Print

$19.95 – $27.95

Information about the Common Loon:

The Common Loon – called the Great Northern Loon outside of North America and the Great Northern Diver in Eurasia – is a large member of the family Gaviidae which are aquatic birds native to lake, streams, oceans and marshes of North America and Eurasia. There are only five species of this family. On average these birds grow to be about 32 inches long (81 centimeters) with a wingspan of 54 inches (136 centimeters) weighing roughly 9 pounds (4.1 kilograms.) Common Loons are found throughout much of North America from around the Canadian/American border northwards. These birds spend almost their entire lives in and on the water, coming ashore only to mate and incubate their eggs in nests, which are made on the ground. It is the state bird of Minnesota.

The poster is printed on matte, museum-quality paper with Giclée printing quality:

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Opacity: 94%

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Description

Fine art illustration of a Common Loon (Gavia immer.) The illustration is available in black and white or color.

Artist’s notes:

The Common Loon was completed on 6.10.2012. Being from Minnesota, the Common Loon holds a species place for me. Hearing the lovely and plaintive call of these wonderful birds was an important part of spending time in the northern part of the state’s forests and on the lakes. I had been meaning to redraw a single bird (I had rendered a pair for the book ‘101 Ways to Help Birds” but was never really happy with it.) Rather than showing the traditional bird floating on water I liked this pose of the bird taking off from water – although I dropped the water out from the drawing – it didn’t look right. The drawing is based on a photo by Glenn Alexon

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