On Sunday, a rare bird was discovered on Great Pond in Eastham, driving local birders loony. This unassuming gray and white ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Loons trying to nest on Boardman Lake in Traverse City will get help from some two-legged friends. Grand Traverse Audubon Club will install a nesting platform to give breeding ...

Except when in flight, loons leave the water only to mate or incubate eggs in their nests. A loon found on land for any other reason is like a fish out of water and is probably sick or injured ...

Hatchlings leave the nest on their first day and are able to fly in about 11 weeks. There are many Native American legends about common loons. And to this day the Inuit legally hunt over 4,500 a ...

Franzreb, K. E. 2007. Reproductive success and nest depredation of the Florida scrub-jay. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 199:162–169. Götmark, F., R. Neergaard, and M. Ahlund. 1990. Predation of ...