For those that have spent time on the many lakes of the northern United States and Canada, a loon's call is one of those magical sounds that can put a chill down your spine. The good news for ...

Dave Evers kneels in the bow of a small idling motorboat, surveying the calm lake in front of him with binoculars. It’s 9:30 p.m. and with the exception of a few stars in the sky and a ring of faint ...

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 ...

Common Loons are a year-round New England bird. You won't see them at the same place in the summer and winter, but they are true to our region. In the summer, head to the northern New England lakes ...

A flock of people, not birds, helped this town's Main Street fill with the sound of loons Saturday. Competitors showed off their best hoots, wails and yodels in a loon-calling contest, part of the ...

After months of snowy silence, the soul-stirring call of the common loon is returning to Michigan’s wilds. Loons are now migrating north after spending the winter along the coastal United States.

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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps more than any other bird the Common Loon is the quintessential New England bird. Its voice carries for miles among the remote lakes and ponds on which it nests in the middle and northern parts ...

A friend of mine is visiting from out of town and wants to do some local birding. In particular, she wants to see a loon. Is there a good place on Cape Cod to see loons or should we drive up to Maine?

CROSBY-If you asked Jon Wefald about his favorite subject, the more he talks about it, the more it sounds like some quasi-dive bomber jet, armed to the nines like a Roman gladiator, an avatar with the ...

I’M ALWAYS THINKING OF NEW SCULPTURES THAT I CAN DO OUT HERE, NEW WAYS TO DO LOONS. OVER THE YEARS OF LIVING ON THE LAKES ...