On the New Hampshire lake where I spend much of the summer, loon calls are so common that I sometimes take them for granted. The sounds of the common loon are iconic of the wilderness and have been ...

The tremolo sounds like a quivering laugh that they use when they're being disturbed. The hoot, a softer bird call, is used ...

This column has a soundtrack, and you might know the one. Imagine yourself in the North Woods on a summer night, next to a clear, quiet lake. Now listen for the haunting calls of a common loon ...

Pam Perry didn’t need a DNR education to know the importance of the common loon to Minnesotans. Perry, DNR nongame wildlife lake specialist in the Brainerd area, grew up around the sights and sounds ...