The real call of a loon is one of the most haunting and beautiful sounds in nature. Echoing across the water, it creates a ...

It's peak summer on Minnesota's Gull Lake Chain. Boats are buzzing, jet skis slicing and loons are calling. "So it sounds like a territorial challenge that's starting," said Sheila Johnston, listening ...

The Adirondacks' beloved icon, the Common Loon, has left for its winter home on the Atlantic coast. Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population... Dec 17, 2012 — The Adirondacks' beloved icon, the ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal captured the state’s wild, lake-centered identity as clearly as this sleek, red ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the stillness ...