TEACHER CAPTURES IMAGES OF 'VERY RARE' BIRD NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN US "I never saw [the white loon] again… until one day this spring, I was driving out to the shoreline of that same lake, and ...

The bird scientists noted that the loon migrated throughout Minnesota, was easy to spot on a lake and — in a tip of the hat to marketing concerns — would reproduce well in promotional photos.

The Legislature named the common loon as Minnesota’s state bird in 1961 in large part because it’s so distinctive, with its white-spangled black plumage, long black bill and those Morocco red ...

These beautiful photos and the competition are particularly poignant now as experts report that half the world’s bird species are in decline, with more than one in eight at risk of extinction.

Loon-like ancient bird might be modern duck's ancestor By Wu Chong (China Daily) Updated: 2006-06-16 05:55. If it dives like a duck, has webbed feet like a duck and flies like a duck, is it a duck?

This Minnesota town has a cormorant problem 02:05. A few years ago, cormorants decided to make Loon Lake Island their home. However, the birds brought a unique problem with no easy solution.

Very Rare Yellow-Billed Loon Visits the Las Vegas Strip, Hangs Out in the Bellagio Fountains The out-of-place bird prompted the hotel to put its famed fountain show on hold before biologists ...

A yellow-billed loon swims in Lake Bellagio on the Strip in Las Vegas, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The Bellagio said in a social media post Tuesday that it paused its fountains as it worked with state ...

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 ...