Loons are an indicator species, so a healthy population will give information on whether local ecosystems are stable.

Since 1983, Mainers have fanned out across lakes and ponds across the state on the third Saturday in July to help count the ...

The skater gently pushed the iced-in loon to safety before calling a wildlife rehabilitation center to get the bird checked ...

The bird was rescued on Sunday from East Pond, which is near Waterville. The loon was trapped on the pond after the water had ...

FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird's ...

FREEPORT, Maine — The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird’s ...

As has happened on each third Saturday of July since 1984, a corps of volunteers will venture out on lakes and ponds across the state to search for, and count, Common Loons. Maine Audubon’s annual ...

Maine (WABI) - The loon population is doing well in the Pine Tree State. Nearly 3,200 adult loons were counted this year during the annual loon count, according to Maine Audubon. They also said more ...

A loon chick translocated from Flagstaff Lake spreads her wings and looks out onto Assawompset Pond in Massachusetts in 2020 In the stillness of the evening, after the boats have been put away, and ...