This is a beautiful bird and we finnish peoples call it “kaakkuri”

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1. It’s juvenile isn’t it? Kaakkuri is an onomatopoeic name, its cry sound like gaaa-ku-riii sometimes.

2. Pretty derp angle

3. https://youtu.be/8mc18xHmVkQ

4. Known in English as red-throated diver (in Europe) or red-throated loon (North America) (*Gavia stellata*)

5. Gáhkkor in northern Sámi

6. I bet it “kaakkuu”

7. Why does his head look like a separate, smaller bird? Great shot!