Not long ago, I was watching "Game of Thrones," the megahit HBO show set in the fictional world of Westeros, when I heard a sound I knew well: the long, high call of the common loon. I'd heard it a ...

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 ...

America was a nation without a National Loon Day. Until Larissa Loden made one. The loon is everywhere in Minnesota — in the lakes, on the state seal, celebrated through art, statues, tattoos and ...

WINDHAM, Maine (AP) — The common loon’s haunting wail that pierced the dusk on Massachusetts lakes disappeared long ago. Today, the birds number fewer than 50 pairs in the Bay State and ...

CROSSLAKE — About a dozen participants wailed, yodeled and hooted to a crowd Saturday, Sept. 24, in pursuit of the top prize for imitating Minnesota's state bird. Perhaps one of the most widely ...

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 ...

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 ...

To heft their bodies into the air, loons need a long runway, much like an airplane getting ready for a flight. These loons require as much as 600 feet of open water to eventually get into the air. Did ...

Common loon calls are captivating and memory-stirring for those of us who have spent time among the pines, firs, birches and crystal waters of the north. What would our northern lakes be without the ...