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 ...

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 ...

CROSSLAKE — Loon callers across Minnesota are invited to bring their best wail, hoot, tremolo or yodel to the Star of the North Loon Calling Contest. While these four calls of the loon are sounds ...

Loon music is primitive, reaching into obscure recesses of the human mind. For some people, loon calls might reach down a little too deeply. A few years ago a resort owner in northern Wisconsin told ...

Indeed, the bird’s haunting tremolo is often heard on moonlit nights. Nice tries. “Loon,” which first appeared in English during the early 1600s, is believed to be derived from the Scandinavian term ...

A soft short contact call between birds. Adults will hoot to each other, and parents will hoot to chicks, enabling them to keep in touch with the whereabouts of the other birds. A long, one, two or ...

When we call someone “crazy as a loon,” it means that person is about as far off his rocker as he can get. Anyone who has been startled awake in the wilderness of northern New England by what sounds ...

"That's it!" I exclaimed, tossing the remote control on the couch. "One more misplaced loon and I'm going to ..." - well, write an article. The straw that broke the camel's back was the movie "Platoon ...

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 ...