National Audubon Society

‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Photos Capture a Rare White Loon’s First Summer

Montana photographer Tony Gangemi documented a season in the life of a leucistic Common Loon, from its first days as a ...
Duluth News Tribune

The uncommon loon

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 ...
Star Tribune

Think you know loons? New book does a deep dive on Minnesota's state bird

The common loon is an uncommon bird, one of five loon species sharing a long history, and believed to be most closely related to — wait for it — penguins. The other four loons are Pacific, Arctic, red ...

6 birds that look like ducks but aren’t: How to identify the differences in the wild

Many birds share habitats and traits with ducks, leading to confusion for birdwatchers. This article highlights six species, ...
KARE 11

Revealed: Here is the 2025 American Birding Association Bird of the Year

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 ...
Star Tribune

Nesting loons have time on their side

A pair of common loons appeared regularly for several years on a lake about 120 miles north of the Twin Cities when we lived there 20 years ago. The birds faithfully arrived each spring as soon as the ...