Across the sunset stillness of a deserted northern lake, the unearthly wail of the common loon completed a lifetime memory. Loons were calling and the water was like glass. I was scuba diving in Lake ...

A soft short contact call between birds. Adults will hoot to each other, and parents will hoot to chicks, enabling them to keep in touch with the whereabouts of the other birds. A long, one, two or ...

Montana’s loon population winters along the West Coast, between Puget Sound near Seattle south to Los Angeles. The bigger the loon, the shorter their migration, so the largest birds live closest to ...

As long as mankind has existed, the common loon has captured the interest and hearts of lakeside admirers. Traverse Northern Michigan reader Robert Musser takes a closer look, exploring the history, ...

This column has a soundtrack, and you might know the one. Imagine yourself in the North Woods on a summer night, next to a clear, quiet lake. Now listen for the haunting calls of a common loon ...

With open water, the lakes area iconic loons are once again back and their call is a sound of summer. The Minnesota DNR reports the common loon has four calls. The tremolo, which sounds a bit like ...

"That's it!" I exclaimed, tossing the remote control on the couch. "One more misplaced loon and I'm going to ..." - well, write an article. The straw that broke the camel's back was the movie "Platoon ...