You've heard that eerie and winsome call at dusk on an Alaska lake—the wail of a loon, checking for its mate. Then, you hear the response back. It can send chills down your spine. Once you've heard it ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CROSSLAKE — Feeling a little looney? Head on over to the National Loon Center Loon Calling Contest during Crosslake Days. The third annual contest will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the ...

The common loon, an iconic Maine bird, will again be the focus of Maine Audubon's Loon Count next month. Credit: Courtesy of Maine Audubon The haunting wail of a common loon echoing across a lake or ...