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 ...

Reader’s Note: I had submitted a letter to Mr. Cole in 2006 about a loon experience I had on Pawtuckaway Lake. I would very much like to see it reprinted. It was published I believe Sept. 12, 2006, or ...

CROSSLAKE — Feeling a little looney? Head on over to the National Loon Center Loon Calling Contest during Crosslake Days. The third annual contest will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the ...

If you were old enough to buy CDs in the ’90s, you may remember listening stations at superstores that featured music by some of nature’s noisiest creatures: birds. These CDs blended classical music ...

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 ...

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 ...