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 (Gavia immer) are iconic of wilderness and ...

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 (Gavia immer) are indicative of wilderness ...

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 ...

CROSSLAKE — About a dozen participants wailed, yodeled and hooted to a crowd Saturday, Sept. 24, in pursuit of the top prize for imitating Minnesota's state bird. Perhaps one of the most widely ...

ANTH copy 39088010069375 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of S. Dillon Ripley Endowment, From his friends, 1993. NMAI copy 39088019861079 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R.

You can’t step into a northern Wisconsin gift shop without seeing the dark red eyes and black-and-white spotted backs of loons stamped on postcards, magnets and T-shirts. The common loon is a symbol ...