Common Loon: calls (wailing and tremolo) in sheet music

If you've never seen a loon, chances are you've heard its call, as it is used in many movies for atmospheric and eerie ambiance. Some of these films are: Out of Africa, Platoon, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Rick and Morty, Watchmen, Godzilla, Infinity War, 1917, and Avengers: Endgame.
The common loon (Gavia immer) breeds across northern North America, Iceland, and Greenland, and winters as far south as Florida and California. The loon is also found in western and northern Europe, and some are sighted as far south as Portugal and Morocco.
The loon is a shy and very aquatic bird that spends almost all its life on the water, mainly because it can hardly walk ashore due to the extreme rear placement of its legs. Loons may not be very agile on land, but they are excellent divers who can dive up to 60 meters (200 feet) deep to catch fish!
Loons communicate with four different types of calls, two of which this video features. The first, called wailing, is the most famous; it resembles the howling of a wolf and is mainly used to maintain contact and get closer to other loons. The wailing call also gives the loon its name, as it sounds "lunatic." The second, called tremolo call, is used in distress or territorial disputes. It is the only vocalization that loons can perform in flight.
Facts to go: 1. Loons appear on the Canadian currency: the one-dollar "loonie" coin and a valuable series of $20 bills. 2. In 1961, the state of Minnesota declared the loon its state bird.
Transcription: @AlexanderLiebermann
Videos: @mondorep, Chronologically Advanced Action Man, @HarryCollinsPhotography,@johnfredeen
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[@soyoonakim]

they really sound like wolves 😲

[@lazyrat6687]

more like coyotes

[@MrNoUploadInLongTime]

new favourite animal

[@systemverilog4727]

Minnesota hit it out of the park by deciding that the loon would be the state bird.

[@rynfornow3411]

So that’s where the noise is from!

[@Kenny_Lol9]

Yeah in Morocco I always hear it beside the River 😮😮

[@QuinnSegarra-pd9pc]

What kind of sound the loon makes?(mostly heard) ​@@Kenny_Lol9

[@Kenny_Lol9]

​@@QuinnSegarra-pd9pceverything except the moonlight vibes

[@QuinnSegarra-pd9pc]

@@Kenny_Lol9 oh ok and the tittering?

[@Kenny_Lol9]

@@QuinnSegarra-pd9pc not much

[@typhoon1oon]

I remember going camping as a kid and hearing it in the early morning

[@kitsvn]

I really enjoy these, thanks for sharing them.

[@ShininigcloudBrightnettstar]

I like the Loon carrying its kid

[@user-ls8vw7yn8d]

I can’t understand one thing on this sheet but it looks accurate

[@milleniam]

THIS WAS THE BIRD I KEPT HEARING IN STAR FOX ADVENTURES!

[@heatherconklin6798]

So hauntingly beautiful ❤ wow

[@50pinkies67]

When i was little my Dad turned me onto loons. He would get mad in traffic and call stupid drivers "loons." RIP Dad. 😊 But, me personally, I've always loved the loons and their calls. ❤

[@mehdihoseyni6352]

But there's no full moon.

[@AlexanderLiebermann]

It's because there's a C# minor triad reminiscent of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and because the name of the animal (loon) derives from the word "lunatic." :)

[@QuinnSegarra-pd9pc]

​@@AlexanderLiebermannwhenever i played feather family, i had unlocked the loon,when i tried it, i kept naming myself lunar :)

[@mjremy2605]

Like wolves. Then that tittering, so pretty.

[@Brough1111]

Thanks

[@chicocheepchick5974]

The last one is the ambient sound of Angry Birds GO!

[@scruffynerfherder33]

These songs broken down to traditional music notation just lets you see how these birds are natural musicians.

[@Stanistan]

Dont cry wolf.
With moonlight vibes.

[@Zilla962]

I like the fourth one it's like they're excited

[@AlexPressure777]

Iconic

[@patricklenigan4309]

I know that tremolo too well. I usually heard on summer boat rides if the boat got a little too close to the group, namely, the females with babies.

[@GPMS65]

BEAUTIFUL 🤍🕊🤍
THANK YOU 🥰
Darla Berg ❤

[@jojotgm8132]

Loon :🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺

[@Istereeg]

espinosaurio:

[@kingamari1219]

Loon

[@Gobierno_1978]

Disen que este sonido se escucha después de la muerte de alguien

[@JITTSHONGLIM]

spinosaurest😮

[@Chicken_791]

Who has that on feather family
👇

[@QuinnSegarra-pd9pc]

Me!

[@M00N_MEGADEATH]

camping vibes

[@2jzjason440]

Y2K : hold my beer

[@emlizardo653]

OoOOOOOOOO

[@ThatOneFri]

Is this where they got the sounds for the Dilophosaurus from Jurassic Park?

[@marialuisaebardo2497]

imagine it's night time and then you hear the loon it would be scary 💀💀💀💀💀

[@KaiLubitz]

not rlly fir me im from up north so i hear them a lot but i can understand why other people can

[@phoenixfindsfun1605]

The fact that the loon call is in the intro of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

[@clayton332]

ITS A COMPY FROM JURRASIC PARK

[@Kings-673]

Broo

[@ronxoxox]

His name is loon

[@josiecirigliano9134]

🙂♥️

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

Can you please do kookaburra next

[@AlexanderLiebermann]

It's on the list!

[@GeckoTech_Engineer]

@@AlexanderLiebermann can’t wait

[@jackchop1576]

What about the arctic loon?

[@evanschezollemaymangana8597]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@carolinacortina5720]

Hey Becky