For three decades, David Johnson has guided nature lovers in early spring to northern Illinois lakes to hear the eerie yodeling of hundreds of common loons. Within the next 30 years, however, there ...

Piper says it’s the “ silver spoon effect ”. The amount of food that a loon chick receives from its parents during its first five weeks of life affects its survival and breeding success throughout ...

Sep. 3—When volunteers with the Little Sebago Loon Monitoring and Conservation Program rescued a chick in June that appeared abandoned and had been attacked by an adult, they did what they often do in ...

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CHESAW, Wash. — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is investigating an incident where two adult common loons and their chicks were shot. WDFW said the common loons were shot by ...

You can’t step into a northern Wisconsin gift shop without seeing the dark red eyes and black-and-white spotted backs of loons stamped on postcards, magnets and T-shirts. The common loon is a symbol ...

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 ...

An orphaned duckling has found a home after a pair of loons took it in. An unlikely friendship has bloomed on the waters of Wisconsin as a pair of loons adopted an orphaned duckling. When Dr. Walter ...

SERVERS. TIPS. AND WE WANT YOU TO CHECK THIS OUT AT LEAST ONE MOON CHICK HAS HATCHED IN THE LAKES REGION. WE ARE TAKING A LIVE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE NEST. CAN YOU SEE US A LITTLE WING LIFTING UP THERE ...

A pair of common loons appeared regularly for several years on a lake about 120 miles north of the Twin Cities when we lived there 20 years ago. The birds faithfully arrived each spring as soon as the ...