"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 ...

If the five loon chicks moved to this Elysian-area lake by Maine researchers return here to breed in several years, the bird’s distinctive call may return to southern Minnesota lakes. Working with the ...

The sound of music accompanied by the call of the common loon filled a West End Elementary classroom Tuesday. The effort aimed to relax students as they worked on paintings of the Minnesota state bird ...

Their plumage is a stunning palette of forest green, black and white, providing them camouflage from predators and unsuspecting prey. By the time the loons arrive in Northeast Ohio in late fall, en ...

[cs_drop_cap letter=”E” color=”#99cc00″ size=”5em” ]very night, in the small hours, Nature calls. Sigh, slip out of the cozy bag, pad across the floor ...

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If you've been out on a lake this summer, you've probably seen (or been on) one of those big, popular inflatable water floats. You know, the ones that are made to look like unicorns, ice cream cones ...

Several loons in New Hampshire have died from lead poisoning this summer. The Loon Preservation Committee in New Hampshire reports that two loon deaths occurred after the birds ingested weighted lead ...

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My grandfather is a kind of mythic figure in my family. That's him holding the canoe on his head. That picture was taken when he was seventy. My parent's house is filled with the wooden statues ...