The Loon's voice is not a nice sound. Almost as bad as the Peacock.
One year a strange thing happened in the country where one of my daughters live. There had been a terrible wind storm, the loon where migrating, got caught up in that storm only to wind up in a creek behind the house. Well, they need a huge area to take off. My daughter watched them for hours trying to get up enough speed to get airborne. They are almost useless on dry land. Lovely birds though. I love the red eyes.
That must have been quite a sight. I still maintain that their calls are funny.