At this point in the season, most migrating songbirds and raptors have already left. But on lakes and ponds across New ...

GERMFASK, MI - Michigan’s best-known wildlife mom has done it again, hatching chicks #43 and #44 last week at the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in the Upper Peninsula. This makes the loon, known as ...

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 ...

The national honor bestowed upon the official state bird of Minnesota earlier this month confirms what Minnesotans already know well — just how special the loon is. The common loon is known for its ...

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SENEY, MICHIGAN - ABJ, the world’s oldest common male loon, touched down in the Seney National Wildlife Refuge in Northern Michigan this past weekend, researchers announced. The return of this beloved ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BELLOWS FALLS — Join Ian Clark as he describes the natural history of the common loon and follows a loon family through the breeding season in the ...

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 ...

Minnesota’s state bird is everywhere: There are loons on license plates and library cards, at lottery counters, and now even on the official state seal. Fireplace mantels across the state sport carved ...

SUNLAND ESTATES, Wash. — Washington state wildlife officials are seeking information to identify those responsible for shooting a common loon and more than 20 coots in the Columbia River area.