Listener Kathleen Herring is one of many writers who suggested that the ultimate Summer Sound is that of loons on a northern lake. Sponsor Message ROBERT SIEGEL, host: We've been giving you a chance ...

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 ...

Loons, loons and more loons. That's what we saw during a recent birdwatching boat trip out to the Norwalk Islands this week. We saw greater sheer numbers of Long-tailed ducks, but based on our ...

For those that have spent time on the many lakes of the northern United States and Canada, a loon's call is one of those magical sounds that can put a chill down your spine. The good news for ...

For many people vacationing in the lake-filled woods of Northern Wisconsin, the haunting cry of the loon is the sound of summer. About 4,000 of the black-and white birds nest in the state by May or ...

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 ...