{"id":6612,"date":"2012-10-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2012-10-29T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T21:12:23","slug":"loons-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=6612","title":{"rendered":"Loon’s foot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Common Loon changes its appearance between the summer, when it is in breeding plumage, and the winter, when it is not. A striking aspect of this is that not only does its plumage change with the season, but so do other features: eyes, bill, and feet.<\/p>\n

Guide books comment upon most of these things, but not the feet. After all, who would ever identify a loon by its feet? Indeed, who ever even gets to see a loon’s feet? Well, sometimes the loon shows them. Here are two pictures, the first was taken last year, the second was taken only a few days ago.<\/p>\n

In the summer the plumage of the Common Loon is a strongly patterned black and white; the eyes are reddish and the bill is black. The feet are also blackish.
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In the winter, the plumage of the Common Loon is a muted grey; the eyes are brownish and the bill grey. The feet have become light grey and pink. It’s as if the red of the summer eyes has drained all the way down to the feet.
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