A common loon flaps its wings, which are short in comparison to its body size. Loons' small wings require them to get a running start to fly, according to Montana Loon Society President Lynn Kelly.

Aren’t loons a northern bird often considered to be an icon of the north woods? So why the common loon for a Texas Master Naturalist article? Because each winter they migrate south, sometimes flying ...

"You know there's fish over there, if the loon is there," Frank Pratt said as his fly line looped forward to place its feathered cargo gently on the water near the logs and vegetation that had given ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jul. 30—Around the early 1980s, lakes in Montana began buzzing with the increasing noise of boats and motorized personal watercraft. While people were having fun in the sun, they were unknowingly ...