Posted by Adam Quinan on September 05, 2008 at 19:09:45 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: Black-throated divers posted by Ed Kiser on September 05, 2008 at 17:38:27:
The Great Northern Diver in Europe is the same species of bird as the Common Loon in North America. It is quite rare in Britain so presumably the early colonists didn't realise that they had birds like that back home too and gave it a new name. Unlike the American robin which is quite a different species from the British robin.