Along with the Wilhelm scream and that part of every movie trailer with a dramatic bass drop, TV and film sound designers love to incorporate the cry of the humble loon into every wilderness scene ...

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 ...

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 ...