[Length 6 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This McCown's Longspur flock was photographed at Saragosa, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 22, 2008)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.25 in.]

This male Smith's Longspur was photographed at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)

[Length 32 in. Wingspan 46 in.]

Common Loons occur in northern North America, Greenland, and Iceland. In North America they are the universal symbol of the "wild north". They breed in the northeastern US and all across Canada and Alaska. This one, fading into drab winter plumage, was photographed in the late fall at Bodega Bay in northern California. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1981)

[Length 32 in. Wingspan 46 in.]

This winter plumaged Common Loon was photographed at the San Pedro Breakwater in Los Angeles, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: July 1979)

[Length 32 in. Wingspan 46 in.]

This Common Loon in breeding plumage was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1984)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

Pacific Loons occur in northwestern North America and northeastern Siberia. In North America they breed throughout Alaska and central and western Canada. They migrate almost exclusively along the Pacific coast of North America. This one was photographed in the Lake Hood Seaplane Marina in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300 mm f4.5 ED Nikkor Lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This winter plumaged Pacific Loon was photographed at the mouth of the Manasquan River, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 1992)

[Length 25 in. Wingspan 36 in.]

This Pacific Loon in flight was photographed at the Northwest Point seawatch at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1989)