It's peak summer on Minnesota's Gull Lake Chain. Boats are buzzing, jet skis slicing and loons are calling. "So it sounds like a territorial challenge that's starting," said Sheila Johnston, listening ...

For three decades, David Johnson has guided nature lovers in early spring to northern Illinois lakes to hear the eerie yodeling of hundreds of common loons. Within the next 30 years, however, there ...

Minnesota's Prairie Lakes are strangely quiet since summer inhabitants have left early. It's too bad. October provides a soul-restoring peacefulness, whether one's just hiking, fishing, viewing fall ...

OTIS — Stay quiet. No sudden moves. It shouldn't even know you're here. Thomas Gregg kayaks through the reservoir toward a marshy island. No other humans in sight. “You’ve got to woo the loon,” he ...

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