This column has a soundtrack, and you might know the one. Imagine yourself in the North Woods on a summer night, next to a clear, quiet lake. Now listen for the haunting calls of a common loon ...

The Adirondacks' beloved icon, the Common Loon, has left for its winter home on the Atlantic coast. Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population... Dec 17, 2012 — The Adirondacks' beloved icon, the ...

As a teacher, all summer is a vacation. In theory, like most teachers I work in some way during the summer, if not a paying job then doing some sort of professional development for the upcoming school ...

On a busy day, the corner of YouTube run by the New Hampshire’s Loon Preservation Committee gets hundreds of visitors. Viewers come for the close-up views of loons: striking black and white feathers, ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the stillness ...

Not long ago, I was watching "Game of Thrones," the megahit HBO show set in the fictional world of Westeros, when I heard a sound I knew well: the long, high call of the common loon. I'd heard it a ...

Bill Gassman has run the loon cam for about a decade, spending his spring and summer giving viewers a look at the private lives of loons. On a busy day, the corner of YouTube run by the New ...

Dave Evers kneels in the bow of a small idling motorboat, surveying the calm lake in front of him with binoculars. It’s 9:30 p.m. and with the exception of a few stars in the sky and a ring of faint ...

In this latest installment of our series, Lost and Found Sound, producer Brent Runyon recalls leaning how his father taught him how to make a loon call, with tape of the teaching session. In Brent's ...

US THROUGH THE CENTER OF WAYNE, MAINE, ALONG THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF A CALM AND GLASSY POCASSET LAKE, AND JUST A BIT FURTHER UP MAIN STREET, WHERE WE MET UP WITH SOMEONE ELSE BEHIND THE WHEEL. MOLLY ...