Birdwatchers, take note: The first loons of springtime are returning to lakes across Michigan right now — but some loon look-alikes are, too. This time of year, one of the most likely birds to cause ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal captured the state’s wild, lake-centered identity as clearly as this sleek, red ...

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.

GANSEVOORT — Common loons are the most striking creature of Adirondack Park lore. Its haunting, drawn-out wails are synonymous with the Park’s lakes. Black and white speckling and red dots resembling ...

For everyone who has spent any time on a wilderness lake of the north, the enchanting and mysterious song of the loon echoing an eerie wail over placid waters truly represents the call of the wild. In ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Micha Miller with Biodiversity Research Institute talks about loons Thursday ...

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 ...