About the Author(s)

Judith W. McIntyre studied the breeding biology of Common Loons at the University of Minnesota (Ph.D. 1975), and has conducted research on the wintering behavior of Common Loons off the coast of Virginia, and on the vocalizations of New York and Saskatchewan populations. Together with Barr, she has assessed the status of Yellow-billed Loons along the North Slope of Alaska, and she has just begun a study of migrant loons in Nevada. She has maintained a summer research base in the Adirondacks of New York for the past 20 years, and during the academic year is a Professor of Biology at Utica College of Syracuse University, where she teaches Gross Anatomy for occupational therapy students. Current address: Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY 13502. E-mail: jmcintyre@utica.ucsu.edu.

Jack F. Barr studied the feeding biology of Common Loons in eastern Ontario at the University of Guelph (Ph.D. 1973). Earlier he worked on ducks and geese in the Hudson Bay lowlands. He conducted work on mercury contamination and its effects on loons for the Canadian Wildlife Service in northwestern Ontario, on the effects of human disturbance in eastern Ontario cottage country, and on population implications for the Yellow-billed Loon breeding population on the North Slope of Alaska following the oil spill of the Exxon Valdez, and he has recently prepared a status report on Yellow-billed Loons for COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada). Current address: 91 Forest St., Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 1J3.

About The Revisers

David C. Evers conducted studies on the Common Loon, including breeding territory fidelity and continental trends and patterns of methylmercury availability, while at the University of Minnesota (Ph.D. 2001).  He is founder and executive director of BioDiversity Research Institute – a nonprofit ecological research group based in Gorham, Maine. Here he continues to perform research on the Common Loon through an 18-year demographic study on a uniquely marked population of over 200 breeding pairs in the Rangeley Lakes Region of Maine, continental tracking of spatial and temporal trends of mercury in over 4,500 loons, geographic mapping of migration connectivity using banding, morphometric, isotope, and genetic information, and comparative studies of ecological patterns with the Yellow-billed Loon in Alaska, Canada and Russia. He also teaches ornithology and is an adjunct professor for the Biology Department at the University of Southern Maine. Current address: BioDiversity Research Institute, 19 Flaggy Meadow Road, Gorham, ME 04038. E-mail: david.evers@briloon.org.

James D. Paruk studied behavioral ecology and breeding biology of Common Loons in northern Wisconsin and in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula while attending Idaho State University (Ph.D. 1999). From 2004-2006 he investigated the effects of management changes in water levels on the reproductive success of Common Loons in Voyageur’s National Park, MN. For the past five years he has been overseeing loon research grants awarded and administered through the Sigurd Olson Research Institute. He is an Associate Professor of Biology at Northland College where he teaches Ornithology, Animal Behavior, Animal Physiology, and Ecology. Current address: Northland College, 1411 Ellis Ave., Ashland, WI 54806. E-mail: jparuk@northland.edu.