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 ...

For those that have spent time on the many lakes of the northern United States and Canada, a loon's call is one of those magical sounds that can put a chill down your spine. The good news for ...

It's nesting season for loons, and the Loon Preservation Committee in New Hampshire is asking people to give them some space.Members recorded the first pair of nesting loons this year on Bolster Pond ...

Eric Hanson with the deceased Newark Pond Male. Photo by Eloise Girard Just after dusk, as the dark began to settle on Newark Pond, a spotlight on a boat shone onto the water, as it floated toward a ...

LAS VEGAS — A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist on the Las Vegas Strip interrupted a hotel-casino's prominent water show before wildlife biologists captured the yellow-billed loon and ...

A trip to Iceland…not: This was supposed to be a series of columns about my birding trip to Iceland. However, our plans fell through and we ended up going to the next best place…the Connecticut Lakes, ...