Minnesota Loon Restoration Project is still going strong and tracking the effectiveness of artificial nests in Hubbard County ...

The first “Thousand Ducks Days” of the fall migration were recorded from Sept. 24 to 30 at the Whitefish Point Bird ...

Q: Do loons migrate together as a family in the fall? A: No, loons don't migrate in family groups. Instead, adult males leave first, usually in September, followed a few weeks later by adult females.

This month we have a special column by a very qualified guest — Natasha Bartolotta, who is the Stewardship & Outreach Manager at the National Loon Center in Crosslake and a Minnesota Master Naturalist ...

They've learned loons mate for life, that they live 25 years or more, that they're social learners who keep their young with them a long time. They've learned loons are closely related to penguins and ...

Migration is full force, and some spectacular birds have arrived in the past week. One of the most exciting discoveries was of a tiny and unassuming-looking bird. At the last net checked at the end of ...

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 to eventually get into the air. Did ...