This month we have a special column by a very qualified guest — Natasha Bartolotta, who is the Stewardship & Outreach Manager at the National Loon Center in Crosslake and a Minnesota Master Naturalist ...

On South Turtle Lake, Minn. - How do you sneak up on a loon? That's the question this night as wildlife scientists slide a boat into South Turtle Lake, a few miles east of Fergus Falls. The biologists ...

The birds followed migration routes popular with big raptors - eagles and hawks - straight down the spine of the Goshutes, for instance, following the beaded strand of 10,000-foot peaks. Apparently ...

Whether you choose to spend your time in the company of a lake, river or pond, or upon a lonely mountaintop deep in the forested wilderness, the first few weeks of October always usher in the high ...

Red-throated loons are known for their superior fishing skills, but little has been known about the migratory patterns of this aquatic bird in eastern North America. A University of Maine study is the ...

Dozens of common loons – the mascot bird of the Northwoods – have fallen from the icy, sleeting skies of northern Wisconsin. The “loon fallout” phenomenon across April 19-20 this spring wasn’t just ...

Migration is full force, and some spectacular birds have arrived in the past week. One of the most exciting discoveries was of a tiny and unassuming-looking bird. At the last net checked at the end of ...

That’s the question for the wildlife scientists sliding into a boat into South Turtle Lake, a few miles east of Fergus Falls, on a recent night. The biologists want to know why so many of the iconic ...