The bird scientists noted that the loon migrated throughout Minnesota, was easy to spot on a lake and — in a tip of the hat to marketing concerns — would reproduce well in promotional photos.

Skull of ancient bird Vegavis is 69 million years old Key ... It instead had a spear-shaped beak like a loon. Its skeletal structure indicates that it dove for its dinner. "Vegavis almost ...

FREEPORT, Maine — The American Birding Association has named its 2025 bird of the year, and it's a bird Mainers are quite familiar with. This year's winner is the common loon. "Loons are big, they're ...

That is the sound of two Common Loons communicating over "the expanse of a glassy lake," the American Birding Association (ABA) says in its announcement that the Common Loon is their 2025 Bird of ...

Illustration image shows a Cretaceous Period bird called Vegavis iaai ...

(Reuters) - Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and ... It instead had a spear-shaped beak like a loon. Its skeletal structure indicates that it dove for its ...

Loon-like waterfowl from dinosaur-era Antarctica is oldest 'modern' bird Fossils of Vegavis were first described two decades ago. But without sufficient cranial remains its place on the bird ...

Loons that nest in Minnesota return to their breeding lakes as soon as the ice melts in the early spring. This pair swims in a Canyon, Minn., lake. (Brian Peterson/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

A eerie yodel. A plaintive cry." That is the sound of two Common Loons communicating over "the expanse of a glassy lake," the American Birding Association (ABA) says in its announcement that the ...