Editing Common loon (section)

==In culture==
[[File:Cassell's book of birds (Plate XXXIX) (8574783618).jpg|thumb|''Cassell's book of birds'', ca 1875]]

The common loon appears on Canadian currency, including the [[Loonie|one-dollar "loonie"]] coin and the previous series of [[Canadian twenty-dollar note|$20 bills]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Grzimek|first1=Bernhard|title=Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Birds I|last2=Schlager|first2=Neil|date=2003|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-6571-5|page=161}}</ref> It is the [[List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols|provincial bird]] of [[Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Townsley|first=Frank|title=British Columbia: Graced by Nature's Palette|date=2016|publisher=FriesenPress|isbn=978-1-4602-7773-7|page=191}}</ref> It was designated the [[List of U.S. state birds|state bird]] of the U.S. state of [[Minnesota]] in 1961,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Carlson|first=Bruce M|title=Beneath the Surface: A Natural History of a Fisherman's Lake|date=2007|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|isbn=978-0-87351-578-8|page=159}}</ref> and also appears on the Minnesota [[State Quarter]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Noles|first=Jim|title=A Pocketful of History: Four Hundred Years of America—One State Quarter at a Time|date=2009|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-7867-3197-8}}</ref>

=== Folklore ===
The voice and appearance of the common loon has made it prominent in several [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tales. These include an [[Ojibwe]] story of a loon that created the world,<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Common Loon: Population Status and Fall Migration in Minnesota|last1=Svingen|first1=Peder H.|last2=Hertzel|first2=Anthony X.|date=2000|publisher=Minnesota Ornithologists' Union|page=1}}</ref> and a [[Mi'kmaq]] saga describing Kwee-moo, the loon who was a special messenger of [[Glooscap]] (Glu-skap), the tribal hero.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCtL2WL0XCYC&pg=PT48|title=The Algonquin Legends Of New England|last=Leland|first=Charles Godfrey|date=2012|publisher=Jazzybee Verlag|isbn=978-3-8496-2265-7 |pages=48|edition=Annotated}}</ref> The tale of the loon's necklace was handed down in many versions among [[Pacific coast|Pacific Coast]] peoples.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Field Guide to Birds of the Northern California Coast | last1=Stallcup | first1=Rich | last2=Evens | first2=Jules | date=2014 | publisher=University of California Press | isbn=978-0-520-27616-1 | location=Berkeley, CA |page=60}}</ref> The [[Delaware Tribe of Indians|Delaware]] in the east of North America and the [[Buryats]] of Siberia also had creation stories involving the loon.<ref name="Cocker" />

Folk names for the common loon include "big loon", "call-up-a-storm", "greenhead", "hell-diver", "walloon", "black-billed loon", "guinea duck", "imber diver", "ring-necked loon",<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fróðskaparrit 53|last=Bloch|first=Dorete|publisher=Faroe University Press|year=2006|isbn=978-99918-41-03-8|page =53}}</ref> and "ember-goose".<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Scientific Nomenclature of Birds in the Upper Midwest|last1=Sandrock|first1=James|last2=Prior|first2=Jean C.|date=2014|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-1-60938-225-4|location=Iowa City, IA| page=63 }}</ref> An old colloquial name from [[New England]] was ''call-up-a-storm'', as its noisy cries supposedly foretold stormy weather.<ref>{{cite journal|last=McAtee|first=W.L|year=1951|title=Bird names connected with weather, seasons, and hours|journal=American Speech | volume=26 | issue=4 | pages=268–278 | doi=10.2307/453005 | jstor=453005 }}</ref> Some old Scottish names such as arran hawk and carara are corruptions of old [[Scottish Gaelic]] [[onomatopoeic]] names representing the bird's call; others, like bishop and ember goose, were used to avoid older names for this sometimes ill-omened bird.{{sfn|Lockwood|1984|pp=24, 30, 39, 58}}

The common loon was eaten in the Scottish Islands from the [[Neolithic]] until the eighteenth century, and its thick layer of fat beneath the skin was used as a cure for [[sciatica]].<ref name= Cocker />

=== Popular culture ===
The bird is central to the plot of the children's novel ''[[Great Northern?]]'' by [[Arthur Ransome]] (in which it is referred to throughout as "great northern diver", with the then current scientific name ''Colymbus immer''). The story is set in the [[Outer Hebrides]], where the main characters—a group of children on holiday—notice a pair of divers apparently nesting there. Checking their bird book, they believe that these are great northern divers. However, these have not previously been seen to nest in northern Scotland, and so they ask for help from an ornithologist. He confirms that these birds are indeed the great northern; unfortunately, it soon transpires that he does not wish merely to observe, but wants to steal the eggs and add them to his collection; and to do this, he must first kill the birds. Published in 1947, the story is one where the conservationists are the eventual victors over the [[Egg collecting|egg collector]], at a time when the latter hobby was not widely considered to be harmful.<ref>{{cite web|last=McGinnis|first=Molly|date=February 2004|title=Totem Animals in Swallows & Amazons: Great Northern?|url=http://www.allthingsransome.org/literary/totemgreatnorthern.html|access-date=26 March 2010|work=[[All Things Ransome]]}}</ref><ref name="Hardyment">{{cite book|last=Hardyment|first=Christina|title=Arthur Ransome & Captain Flint's Trunk|publisher=Jonathan Cape|year=1984|isbn=978-0-224-02989-6|location=London|pages=201–204}}</ref>

[[Major League Soccer]] club [[Minnesota United FC]] uses the loon in its crest and nickname, as well as a mascot.<ref>{{cite news|last=La Vaque|first=David|date=27 October 2016|title=Minnesota United to donate portion of 2017 season ticket purchases to help loons|work=[[Star-Tribune]]|location=Minneapolis|url=http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-united-to-donate-portion-of-2017-season-ticket-purchases-to-help-loons/398911731/|access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref>

[[Minor League Baseball]] team [[Great Lakes Loons]], located in [[Midland, Michigan]] also uses the loon in its logo and name, as well as a mascot.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.milb.com/great-lakes | title=Great Lakes Loons }}</ref>

==== Films ====
The wailing call of the loon is widely used in film and television to evoke wilderness and suspense,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-06-14|title=The birds of Hollywood: An unnatural history|url=https://www.salon.com/2002/06/13/ornithology/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Salon|language=en}}</ref> and is referenced in songs such as "[[Old Devil Moon]]" ("wanna laugh like a loon").<ref name="Cocker">{{cite book | last = Cocker | first = Mark |author2=Mabey, Richard |title = Birds Britannica | year=2005 |location=London | publisher=Chatto & Windus | isbn=978-0-7011-6907-7| pages=306–307}}</ref>

Loons are featured prominently in the 1981 film ''[[On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond]]''.<ref name="tex">{{cite journal|last=Wolcott|first=James|year=1982|title=Big frogs, small pond|journal=[[Texas Monthly]]|volume=10|issue=1|page=120}}</ref> Its distinctive sound also appeared in [[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|''Conan the Barbarian'']], [[Out of Africa (film)|''Out of Africa'']], [[Platoon (film)|''Platoon'']], [[Guinevere (1999 film)|''Guinevere'']], [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)|''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'']], ''[[Rick and Morty]]'', [[Watchmen (2009 film)|''Watchmen'']], [[Godzilla (2014 film)|''Godzilla'']], ''[[Kubo and the Two Strings]]'', ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'', [[Pet Sematary (2019 film)|''Pet Sematary'']], [[1917 (2019 film)|''1917'']] and ''[[Avengers: Endgame]]'', among others.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cascione|first=Marie|date=2021-10-13|title=Why Hollywood loves this creepy bird call|url=https://www.vox.com/videos/2021/10/13/22725104/hollywood-creepy-bird-call-common-loon|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Vox|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=McCarter|first=Reid |title=A look at why the loon's call is used as TV and movies' go-to wilderness sound effect|url=https://www.avclub.com/a-look-at-why-the-loons-call-is-used-as-tv-and-movies-g-1847872228|access-date=2021-10-13|website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Blaine|first=Valerie|date=2020-02-17|title=Why the loon's iconic call says so much|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20200217/why-the-loons-iconic-call-says-so-much|access-date=2021-10-13|website=Daily Herald|language=en-US}}</ref><!-- https://birding-world.com/hollywood-goes-birds/
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In the 2016 [[Pixar]] movie ''[[Finding Dory]]'', a somewhat bedraggled and dimwitted loon named Becky is persuaded to use a bucket to help two of the main characters, Nemo and Marlin, get into a marine life institute where the titular Dory is trapped.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/movies/finding-dory-review-pixar.html|title=Review: In 'Finding Dory,' a Forgetful Fish and a Warm Celebration of Differences|last=Scott|first=A.O.|date=15 June 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511020310/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/17/movies/finding-dory-review-pixar.html|archive-date=11 May 2017}}</ref>