"That's it!" I exclaimed, tossing the remote control on the couch. "One more misplaced loon and I'm going to ..." - well, write an article. The straw that broke the camel's back was the movie "Platoon ...

CROSSLAKE — Loon callers across Minnesota are invited to bring their best wail, hoot, tremolo or yodel to the Star of the North Loon Calling Contest. While these four calls of the loon are sounds ...

On the New Hampshire lake where I spend much of the summer, loon calls are so common that I sometimes take them for granted. The sounds of the common loon are iconic of the wilderness and have been ...

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Maybe you just have to be from Minnesota to really get it. Plenty of soccer teams have a pregame ritual. A cherished old pop song here. A boom-boom clap there. Minnesota United, though, kick off with ...

[cs_drop_cap letter=”E” color=”#99cc00″ size=”5em” ]very night, in the small hours, Nature calls. Sigh, slip out of the cozy bag, pad across the floor ...

If you've been out on a lake this summer, you've probably seen (or been on) one of those big, popular inflatable water floats. You know, the ones that are made to look like unicorns, ice cream cones ...

I enjoyed an early morning fishing trip on a beautiful lake last week, using only my quiet electric trolling motor. Using my onboard electronics, I slowly cruised around the lake searching my favorite ...

Several loons in New Hampshire have died from lead poisoning this summer. The Loon Preservation Committee in New Hampshire reports that two loon deaths occurred after the birds ingested weighted lead ...

A loon My grandfather is a kind of mythic figure in my family. That's him holding the canoe on his head. That picture was taken when he was seventy. My parent's house is filled with the wooden statues ...