Common loon calls are captivating and memory-stirring for those of us who have spent time among the pines, firs, birches and crystal waters of the north. What would our northern lakes be without the ...

CROSSLAKE — Loon callers across Minnesota are invited to bring their best wail, hoot, tremolo or yodel to the Star of the North Loon Calling Contest. While these four calls of the loon are sounds ...

Loon music is primitive, reaching into obscure recesses of the human mind. For some people, loon calls might reach down a little too deeply. A few years ago a resort owner in northern Wisconsin told ...

When we call someone “crazy as a loon,” it means that person is about as far off his rocker as he can get. Anyone who has been startled awake in the wilderness of northern New England by what sounds ...

Indeed, the bird’s haunting tremolo is often heard on moonlit nights. Nice tries. “Loon,” which first appeared in English during the early 1600s, is believed to be derived from the Scandinavian term ...

"That's it!" I exclaimed, tossing the remote control on the couch. "One more misplaced loon and I'm going to ..." - well, write an article. The straw that broke the camel's back was the movie "Platoon ...

With open water, the lakes area iconic loons are once again back and their call is a sound of summer. The Minnesota DNR reports the common loon has four calls. The tremolo, which sounds a bit like ...

The organizers of a new nonprofit loon foundation in Crosslake, Minn., have echoed a tremolo call for help - one that's being answered by a flock of influential supporters intent on building the first ...

A soft short contact call between birds. Adults will hoot to each other, and parents will hoot to chicks, enabling them to keep in touch with the whereabouts of the other birds. A long, one, two or ...