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 ...

Their plumage is a stunning palette of forest green, black and white, providing them camouflage from predators and unsuspecting prey. By the time the loons arrive in Northeast Ohio in late fall, en ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANTIGO, Wis. (WSAW) - The Raptor Education Group Inc., or REGI, has been swarmed with calls about injured Loons the past couple of days. Loons can’t walk, they can only fly and swim. So when they take ...

As many as half of Minnesota's bird species — including the loon, the beloved state bird — could disappear because of accelerated climate change. It's not the birds themselves that are endangered, ...