A pair of common loons appeared regularly for several years on a lake about 120 miles north of the Twin Cities when we lived there 20 years ago. The birds faithfully arrived each spring as soon as the ...

A common loon flaps its wings, which are short in comparison to its body size. Loons' small wings require them to get a running start to fly, according to Montana Loon Society President Lynn Kelly.

The eerie and melodic call of the common loon is not an invitation to get closer. Consider the call a signal that says, "I’m here, so pay attention." Necropsy results for Vermont’s oldest loon ...

This month we have a special column by a very qualified guest — Natasha Bartolotta, who is the Stewardship & Outreach Manager at the National Loon Center in Crosslake and a Minnesota Master Naturalist ...

The common loon is listed as a sensitive species in Washington and is protected as a migratory, nongame species by state and federal law. Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife Vantage, WA ...

Common loons, large black and white diving birds, migrate in the spring from the Pacific Coast to their summer nesting range on freshwater lakes before returning to the coast in the fall. Classified ...

Loon eggs, usually one or two but as many as three per nesting pair also suffer predation losses from raccoons, skunks, otters, weasels and fox and avian threats from eagles, ravens, and gulls. If the ...

An early December snowstorm had deposited a blanket of snow over the landscape, but milder temperatures quickly melted the snow on roadways when a weary — or perhaps disoriented — traveler made a ...

Jul. 30—Around the early 1980s, lakes in Montana began buzzing with the increasing noise of boats and motorized personal watercraft. While people were having fun in the sun, they were unknowingly ...