Why Hollywood loves this creepy bird call

If you’ve seen any remotely creepy movie, you’ve heard a loon wail: that mournful, nearly human ooo-ooo-oooo. It pops up whenever a movie needs to convey melancholy or trepidation, often accompanied by a full moon or some fog. But for the most part, loons have no business being in the background of those scenes. With the help of some internet birders, we took a deep dive (pun intended) into the world of loons to explain how Hollywood misuses this bird call — and why the wail is so haunting in the first place.

Source: Vox

To learn more about loons and what you can do to help protect them check out the Loon Preservation Committee (https://loon.org/) and the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation (https://www.adkloon.org/).

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