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 ...

Even birds need a pit stop on a long flight. Local birders say that’s what happened to a loon that made an unusual move for its species in staying for more than a week at a pond in a Fairfax ...

Canada is home to more than 450 bird species, yet somehow Canada is still one of the few nations that does not recognize a national bird. Canadian Geographic, with the help of Bird Studies Canada and ...

Most birds have hollow bones, but the fish-eating loon's bones are solid, which help it quickly dive in search of its prey. Loons are awkward on land with their legs placed far back on their bodies.

Canada’s iconic loon is among up to 60 species of Canadian migratory birds that are in danger of being trapped in the toxic net of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, bird experts say.

A Sundre father and son staged a loon intervention last Saturday. It all went down in the Nordegg area, where Don Gibson, his 12-year-old son Carter and wife Jennifer were camping near Shunda Lake ...