Common Loons Prepare for Takeoff 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 ...

A common loon flaps its wings, which are short in comparison to its body size. Loons' small wings require them to get a running start to fly, according to Montana Loon Society President Lynn Kelly.

Tony Gangemi has captured a variety of subjects in his roughly four decades as a photographer. For the last seven years, his ...

Aren’t loons a northern bird often considered to be an icon of the north woods? So why the common loon for a Texas Master Naturalist article? Because each winter they migrate south, sometimes flying ...

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 ...

For common loons, black flies are a common blood-feeding pest and can cause nest abandonment and decreased fledging rates. A new study presents some of the best data to date supporting hypotheses ...

Jul. 30—Around the early 1980s, lakes in Montana began buzzing with the increasing noise of boats and motorized personal watercraft. While people were having fun in the sun, they were unknowingly ...