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.

The haunting calls of the Common Loon will get your attention. Described as "low, melancholy yodeling or wailing cries" by ...

Across the sunset stillness of a deserted northern lake, the unearthly wail of the common loon completed a lifetime memory. Loons were calling and the water was like glass. I was scuba diving in Lake ...

As the fog slowly dissipates, Andy Kratter lifts his binoculars and scans the western horizon for migrating birds. “They look like bowling pins with wings,” he describes, “with webbed feet that stick ...

Dozens of common loons – the mascot bird of the Northwoods – have fallen from the icy, sleeting skies of northern Wisconsin. The “loon fallout” phenomenon across April 19-20 this spring wasn’t just ...