Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Black-throated loon/archive1

TFA blurb review

The black-throated loon (Gavia arctica) is a migratory aquatic bird that primarily breeds in freshwater lakes in northern Europe and Asia. It winters along sheltered, ice-free coasts of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. First described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, it is about 70 cm (28 in) long and can weigh from 1.3 to 3.4 kilograms (2.9 to 7.5 lb). In breeding plumage, it has mostly black upperparts, a grey head and hindneck, white and black sides, mostly white underparts and flanks, and a mostly black throat. The loon builds an oval-shaped nest about 23 centimetres (9.1 in) across, in vegetation on or near the breeding lake. It usually lays two eggs, brown-green with dark splotches. Chicks are fed a diet of small fish and invertebrates, contrasting with the mostly fish diet of the adult. Overall, the population of this loon is declining, but the species is not threatened. It is protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement. (Full article...)

RileyBugz (and anyone else interested): thoughts and edits are welcome. This batch finishes up blurbs for FACs promoted in 2017. - Dank (push to talk) 21:47, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, this one is close to the upper character limit, so if you'd like to see more description of the loon, something else will have to go. - Dank (push to talk) 22:23, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Dank: It looks good; I think it's fine since you specified that it's the breeding plumage. RileyBugz^{私に叫ぼう}_私の編集 00:15, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ... I don't feel like I have a good sense of how much description to include ... it's a good thing we're done with the blurbs! - Dank (push to talk) 00:18, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]