Common Loon Common Loon
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Comparing Migrations
of Two Satellite-Tracked Loons

Maps and Data


Loon #2539
Fall, 1998


Loon #15746
Fall, 2000

Date Departed

11/2/98

11/16/01

Date
Arrived

11/28/98

11/28/01

# Days Migrating

 

 

Total Distance

2,184 km
(1,357 mi)

2,043 km
(1,269 mi)

Average Distance
Traveled per Day
   

  • List all of the ways the migrations of these two loons are similar.
  • Now list the ways they are different.
  • What factors do you think might make the migrations similar? What might make them different?
  • If you were a biologist studying loon migration, what generalizations could you make, based on these two loons?

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