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great northern diver |
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great northern diver n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large northern bird, Gavia immer, with a black-and-white chequered back and a black head and neck in summer: family Gaviidae (divers) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The area is home to Red-breasted Mergansers, Hooded Grebes, Lesser Scaup, Red-necked Grebes, Gadwalls, Common Loons, oublecrested Cormorant, the Bald Eagle, and the D Osprey. Some of the agency's success is obvious, such as the restoration of rare species such as bald eagles, peregrine falcons, common loons, terns, and piping plovers. He has conducted evolutionary genetic research on common loons (Gavia immer), field studies of loon behavior in Wisconsin, Michigan, Alaska and Scotland, and has worked on the population genetics of the threatened harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja). |
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