LOON Loon is a type of water bird with a sleek body for swimming and diving. Loons have a short tail and webbed feet and look like large ducks when sitting on water.
Loons use their dagger-shaped bill to catch fish.
They sometimes are called divers and can feed in deep water. There are four species of loons, all of which live in the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere. The common loon, also called the great northern diver, is found during the summer on secluded lakes and rivers from the Northern United States to the Arctic Circle. It often spends the winter along coastal areas as far south as Texas. It is the state bird of Minnesota.