it's funny, as I searched what was the french name for this water bird, I searched "loon" and Google gave me "dive, fool, silly, moron, rascal" but no bird name 😄
then I searched "common Loon" on Wikipedia and then found the "Plongeon Huard"...never heard that name before 😊
Concerning the word "loon", could it be maybe related to the looney tunes, either by the duck, or by the silliness of the characters then ..?😁
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The idiom 'Crazy as a loon' is used here to describe someone acting in an abnormal way.. Thankfully I don't hear it much anymore!
Canada has a one dollar gold colored coin that has a loon engraving on it. It is affectionately called a Loonie.
And yes. LoonieTunes. I've heard that used to describe people, as in She is completely LoonieTunes!
I think @sketch.and.jam is right. These birds can sound Loony!
I added this YouTube link to my post.
Oh my Loon-ness ! This sound is too crazy 😄
Looney, right?
Their call sounds similar to a crazy person yelling in the woods, I suspect that is where their name comes from.
Ooh...interesting guess ! 👍